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THE CAPEN FAMILY
The Capen Family
Descendants of
Bernard Capen
of Dorchester, Mass.
Compiled by
REV. CHARLES ALBERT HAYDEN
Alton, Ill., Buffalo, N.Y., Springfield, Ill.
Revised by JESSIE HALE TUTTLE
Minneapolis, Minn.
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JESSIE HALE TUTTLE
Minneapolis, Minn.
Printed by
Augsburg Publishing House
Minneapolis
Rev. Charles Albert Hayden
DEDICATED
to the memory of
Rev. Charles Albert Hayden
in recognition of his faithful and
painstaking research in compiling
this Genealogy
Edwin Prince Capen
Martha Thompson Capen
Those , who do not look upon themselves as a
link connecting the past with the future , do
not perform their duty to the world.
— Daniel Webster.
Foreword
Rev. Charles Albert Hayden, while residing in Buffalo, N. Y.,
did most of the work of compiling this genealogy, spending much time
in the Grosveneur Library of that city. The Capen family was one
of his wife's families. At his wife's death in 1916, Mr. Hayden lost
heart in the work and the manuscript remained unpublished. Mr.
Edwin Prince Capen, having already assisted Mr. Hayden in many
ways, decided to have it printed; but before the work was ready for
the press, Mr. Hayden died. This led Mr. Capen to make the book
a memorial to Mr. Hayden.
The manuscript was given to Mrs. Jessie Hale Tuttle of Minne¬
apolis, Minn., to prepare for the press. It has been revised, edited,
and published by her. Many of the letters sent to Mr. Hayden,
giving Bible records and information, came to Mrs. Tuttle with the
manuscript. These, with others received by her, make it possible to
name the following persons :
Miss Mattie B. Capen, Stoughton, Mass.
Mr. Andrew T. Capen, Mattoon, Ill.
Mrs. Bernard W. Capen, Dedham, Mass.
Mr. Benjamin F. Capen, Springfield, Ill.
Mr. Charles L. Capen, Bloomington, Ill.
Mr. Charles E. Capen, Long Beach, Calif.
Mr. Lester E. Capen, Kansas City, Mo.
Miss Lizzie L. Capen, Eastport, Me.
Mr. Mark Capen, Weyauwega, Wis.
Mr. Ralph W. Capen, Kirtland, Wash.
Mr. Samuel H. Capen, Dedham, Mass.
Mr. William A. Capen, Omaha, Nebr.
Archdeacon Edward Houghton, Springfield, Ill.
Miss Carrie S. Allen, Public Library, Milton, Mass.
Miss Eleanor Roper, Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass.
Mr. Kenneth S. Webster, Milton, Mass.
Mr. F. L. Greaves, 41 Union St., Boston, Mass.
to whom, and to all others who have given assistance, appreciation
is hereby acknowledged.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Rev. Charles Albert Hayden . Facing page 5
Bernard Capen House — Dorchester . Facing page 11
Bernard Capen House — Milton — 2 views . Facing page 13
The “Capen Row” — Dorchester . Facing page 17
Parson Capen House — Topsfield . Facing page 21
Ye Old Oyster House — Boston . Facing page 61
Old Capen House — Eastport, Me . Facing page 111
Old Capen House — Portland, Me . Facing page 139
Edwin Prince Capen . Facing page 211
EXPLANATIONS
All towns mentioned are in Massachusetts unless otherwise des¬
ignated. An asterisk after a page number in index shows the name
appears more than once on that page.
ABBREVIATIONS
abt., about.
ae., aet., age, aged.
b., born.
bap., baptized.
ch., child, children.
ch. rec., church record.
d., died.
dau., daughter.
Dea., deacon,
dys., days,
gr. st., gravestone,
gr., grand.
gt., great.
int., intention of marriage.
m., marriage.
mo., month.
p., page.
res., residence.
t. rec., town record.
um., unmarried.
vol., volume.
ye, the.
vrs., years.
Old Bernard Capen House
built about 1633 } an it, stood, in Dorchester until 1009.
THE CAPEN FAMILY
The origin of the name Capen and the early history of
the family is shrouded in mystery. Several spellings of
the name are found in England; but nothing definite is
known of the original spelling or meaning of the name.
Bernard1 Capen was the eldest of the name who came
to America. He came, probably from Dorchester, in old
England, as appears from the will of his son James2 who
died in England before the family came to America. The
exact date of his arrival in this country is not known. His
wife, Joan, and three children are said to have come with
him. Some of the other children may have preceded him
and one at least must have come later. He is named
among the first settlers of Dorchester, Mass.* He was
granted land in Dorchester 5 Aug. 1633 which is the date
of the first appearance of his name on the records of
Dorchester. He died there 8 d. 9 mo. 1638 aged 76, which
makes his birth about 1562. He built a house, which is
still in existence (1928) and considered by many the oldest
house in New England. The original house, which was
built probably in 1633, had a large addition made to it
about a hundred years later and for upwards of three
hundred years stood on the original site. In 1909 it was
moved to Milton and set up on a hill in what is much
like its original setting.
His grave is in the old “North Burying Ground” in
Dorchester and the gravestone is said to have the oldest
date of any known gravestone in New England. The
original stone, which is now preserved, although in many
pieces, in the rooms of the New England Historic Geneal¬
ogical Society in Boston, has this inscription: “Body of
*A11 towns mentioned are in Massachusetts unless otherwise designated.
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| — pen aged — ied ye j — er 1638 j — Joan | — aged |.”
The stone in the “North Burying Ground,” which replaces
the original one reads: “Here j lies the Bodies of | Mr.
Barnard Capen | & Mrs. Joan Capen his | wife. He died
Nov. 8 | 1638 aged 76 years | & she died March | 26
1653 | aged 75 years |.” His given name was often
written, as on his gravestone, and doubtlessly pronounced
Barnard.
The next oldest stones in the “North Burying Ground”
are for children of Thomas Clarke of Dorchester, Abel
who died in 1644 and Submit who died in 1648. On the
little stone for Submit are the words: “Submit submitted.”
In 1914 a stone was unearthed in this graveyard marked
“N. C. 1682” and placed in the “Capen Row.” If it was
a stone for a Capen, it must have been for Nathanial1
Capen (John,3 John,2 Bernard1). This Nathaniel Capen
was born 1677 and died 1682. No other known N. Capen
was born or died in 1682. There are over forty Capen
graves in the “Capen Row.”
An extract of Bernard Capen’s will, which is on file in
Suffolk Co. reads: “Octo 9th 1638. Sonne John five acres
of land out of my great lott, next adjoining to his lott ye
which he is to possess immediately after my decease wch
is to fulfill a promise made at his marriage. To wife all
such lands and goods as I now possess during her life.
And when it shall appear her dayes drawe to an end that
she wth the rest of my friends whom I put in trust, to
divide theis lands and goods to my children equally. If
she change her name by marriage with another man then
she shall wth the aduise of those of my friends give porcons
equally to my children. Now theis my friends wch I put in
trust to see theis things done according to my will are
Mr. Minit the elder, my brother Dyer & William Sumner.”
“George Dyer and Will Sumner deposed before County
Court 19 November 1652 that this was the last will of
Bernard Capen.
Edwd Rawson, Record.”
Bernard Capex House
a* it stand* in Milton 1028.
Bernard Capex House
Milton 1028.
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13
“John Capen deposed before ye County Court 19 Nov¬
ember 1652 that the tyme his ffather made the will was
in the yere 1638
per Edwd Rawson Reed.”
1. Bernard1 Capen married in England Joan Purchase,
daughter of Oliver Purchase, in 1596 on Munday
of Whitsun week. The place of marriage has not
been found. Whitsun (Whitsunday) is the fiftieth
day after Easter, which makes the date of marriage
about the last of May or first of June 1596. Joan,
the wife, died in Dorchester 26 March 1653 aged
75 years.
+2. i.
3.
ii.
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in.
4. iv.
+5. v.
Children, probably all born in England, probably
were:
?. Bernard2 Capen, perhaps the one called “Barnard the
Younger,” who witnessed the will of James.2
James2 Capen, d. Dorchester, Eng., 8 Sept. 1628.
Ruth2 Capen, b. 7 Aug. 1600.
Susanna2 Capen, b. 11 April 1602; d. 13 Nov. 1666; m.
(1) in Dorchester, Eng., 14 April 1624 William Rock¬
well, b. Eng., 1591, d. Windsor, Conn., 15 May 1640;
m. (2) 29 May 1645 Matthew Grant, b. Eng. 27 Oct.
1601; d. Windsor, Conn., 16 Dec. 1681.
Dorothy2 Capen, b. about 1603; d. 18 Sept. 1675; m. in
Dorchester, Eng., 17 Jan. 1629 Nicholas Upsall, d.
Dorchester 20 August 1666, aged about 70 years.
Their graves are in “Copps Hill,” Boston. Dorothy
Upsall, in her will, mentions brother John Capen and
sisters Elizabeth Swift and Honor Hannum.
John2 Capen, b. Eng., 26 Jan. 1 6 1 2 1 3 ; m. (1) Redigon
Clapp; m. (2) Mary Bass. He mentions, in a letter,
sister Upsall and sister Swift.
Elizabeth2 Capen, m. in Dorchester, Eng., 18 Oct. 1634
Thomas Swift. She d. 26 Jan. 1677 8. He d. May
1675. In his will he calls John Capen, brother-in-law.
His gravestone is the most imposing in the “Capen
Row.”
Honor2 Capen, m. William Hannum of Dorchester, and
later of Windsor, Conn., and Northampton. He d.
Northampton 1 June 1677, she d. Westfield 1680.
vi.
Vll.
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viii. Hannah2 Capen, m. Dorchester, Eng., 4 Aug. 1629
Robert Gifford. Her marriage is recorded, in the Reg¬
ister of Holy Trinity Church, Dorchester, Eng., the
same year as that of Dorothy Capen to Nicholas
Upsall.
The following record was found on a leaf of an old
New Testament, printed, in London 1615, by Robert
Barker. A corner of the page is lost. In it are written
names of “John Capen his book 1658,” “John Capen
1701,” “Preserved Capen.”
“Barnard Capen maryed Joan ye dafter of Oliver Pur-
chis ye year of or Lord 1596 on Munday of Whitsun week
& dyed ye 8 of November 1638 aged 76.
Joan Capen ye dafter of Oliver Purchis dyed ye 26 of
March 1653, ye night before, aged 75 years.
Ruth Capen ye dafter of Barnard Capen was born ye 7
August 1600.
Susanna Capen ye dafter of Barnard was born ye 11 of
April 1602. She dyed ye 13 November 1666.
John Capen ye son of Barnard Capen born ye 26 of
January in the yeer of or Lord 1612.
John Capen maryed Redegon Clap, his first wife, the
20 of October 1637 & dyed ye 10 December [16] 45.
Joanna Capen ye dafter of John Capen ye 31 October
[16] 38 & dyed ye 19 of ye same month [16] 38.
John Capen ye son of John Capen born ye 21 October
[16] 39.
John Capen maryed Mary Bass ye 20 Sept. [16] 47.
Samuel Capen ye son of John Capen born ye 29 July
[16] 48 & baptized at Brantry being born ther.
Barnard Capen ye son of John Capen born ye 24 March
1650 & dyed ye 2 of May [16] 91 of ye small pox.
dafter of John Capen born ye 6 July [16
of John Capen born ye 17 No. [16
52.
54.
of John Capen born ye 4 March [16] 56| 7
born ye 29 Decern. [16
born ye 1 Octo [16
born ye 29 Octo [16
59
62
66|7.”
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Authorities : Savage Gen. Dictionary II, p. 351; Water’s Gleanings in Eng¬
land, II, p. 1069; N. E. H. & G. Register, II, p. 80; V, p. 240, XXXIV, p.
25; XX, p. 246; XL, p. 253. Boston Commissioners’ Report No. 21, for Dor¬
chester B. M. D.; Dorchester Day Celebration opp. p. 70; The Porter Family
II, p. 677 ; History of Dorchester pp. 38, 42, 45, 97 ; Epitaphs Old North
Burying Ground, Dorchester; Gen. Joseph Gardner Swift’s Memoirs.
Second Generation
2. James2 Capen (Bernard1) did not come to America.
He died in England 8 Sept. 1628. His will dated
Holborne, co. Middlesex, Eng., 3 Sept. 1628 reads:
“The third day of September A. D. 1628 James
Capen of Holborne, in the county of Middlesex,
scrivener, being sick in body but of good memory
did by word of mouth declare his will and purpose
how his estate should be disposed of after his death
as followeth: first, he did appoint that his mother
Joane Capen, the wife of Barnard Capen, of Dor¬
chester, in the county of Dorset, shoemaker, should,
out of the estate of the said James, pay unto his
four sisters unmarried, four pounds apiece. And
all the residue of his moneys, apparell and goods
whatsoever he gave to his said mother to do with
according to her mind.” “Whereunto were wit¬
nesses Barnard Capen, the younger and Jerom
Wolverton.” [Signed]
Barnard Capen, his Inke.
Jerom Wolverton.
Authority : N. E. H. & G. Register Vol. XLIX, p. 489.
5. John2 Capen (Bernard1) born in England 26 Jan.
1612 1 3, died in Dorchester 4 1 6 April 1692. He
married first, 20 Oct. 1637 Redigan Clap (Radigon
Clapp). She was born in England and came to
New England probably in 1633, with her uncle
Edward Clap and her sister Barbara. Her father’s
given name is unknown. She died in Dorchester
10 Dec. 1645.
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Children recorded in Dorchester:
6. i. Joanna0 Capen, b. 3 Oct. 1638; d. 19 Nov. 1638.
+7. ii. John3 Capen, b. 21 Oct. 1639; m. Susanna Barsham.
John2 Capen married secondly, in Dorchester, Mary
Bass. She was born about 1630 and died in Dor¬
chester 29 June 1704 “aged 73 years.” She was
daughter of Deacon Samuel and Anne ( )
Bass.
Children recorded in Dorchester:
+8. iii. Samuel3 Capen, b. 29 July 1648; m. Susanna Payson.
+9. iv. Bernard’ Capen, b. 24 Mar. 1650; m. Sarah Trott.
+10. v. Mary3 Capen, b. 6 July 1652; in. James Foster.
+11. vi. James3 Capen, b. 17 Nov. 1654; m. Hannah Lawrence.
+12. vii. Preserved Capen, b. 4 Mar. 1 656 1 7 ; m. Mary Payson.
+13. viii. Joseph3 Capen, b. 29 Dec. 1658; m. Priscilla Appleton.
14. ix. Hannah3 Capen, b. 1 Oct. 1662.
15. x. Elizabeth3 Capen, b. 29 Dec. 1666; d. 1679 “Aet 13
yrs.
The dates of these children in town records and
old Bible records do not always agree.
John2 Capen was called captain, was deacon of the
church, selectman sixteen years, recorder thirteen
years, and “wrote more in the books than anv one
man by far.” His gravestone in the North Burying
Ground, Dorchester, bears this inscription: “Here
Lyes Buried Ye Body of Captn John | Capen
He was Deacon Of ye Church of Christ | in Dor¬
chester He Deed April ye 6th 1692 | In Ye 80th
Year of Age |.”
Authorities : Blake Annals of Dorchester, 13, 19, 33; N. E. H.
& G. Register Vol. II, p. 80, Vol. XX, p. 246; Massachusetts
Genealogies p. 236V; Dorchester Births, Marriages & Deaths;
Register Mass. Society of Colonial Dames 1917; Ancient Prop¬
rietors of Jones Hill, Dorchester, p. 59.
The “Capen Row.” Old North Burying Ground, Dorchester
The stone in the first rote to the left of the space is that of Bernard and Joan Capen.
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Third Generation
7. John3 Capen (John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester
21 Oct. 1639 and died there 8 June 1707. He mar¬
ried 19 Nov. 1662 Susannah Barsham, who was
born in Watertown 28 Jan. 1641 1 2. She was daugh¬
ter of William and Annabella ( ) Barsham
of Watertown.
Children born in Dorchester :
+16. i. Susanna4 Capen, b. 16 Sept. 1664; m. Andrew Hall.
17. ii. John4 Capen, b. ; d. 7 Aug. 1681.
+18. iii. Samuel4 Capen, b. 23 Oct. 1667; m. Ann Stone.
+19. iv. Thankful4 Capen, b. 22 Apr. 1669; m. John Stone.
20. v. Sarah4 Capen, b. 9 Dec. 1670; d. in Roxbury, 1 730 1 3 1
um. Andrew Hall was administrator of her estate
14 Feb. 1 730 1 31.
21. vi. Dorothy4 Capen, b. 13 Oct. 1672; d. 27 Nov. 1672.
+22. vii. Dorothy4 Capen, b. 16 Sept. 1673; m. Nathaniel
Blanchard.
23. viii. Purchase4 Capen, b. 14 Nov. 1675; d. 9 Sept. 1696,
“being shot with a gun.”
24. ix. Nathaniel4 Capen, b. 1 Oct. 1677; d. 29 Nov. 1682.
25. x. Elizabeth4 Capen, b. or d. 17 Apr. 1680.
26. xi. Elizabeth4 Capen, b. 21 Mar. 1682; m. 1 Dec. 1703
Samuel Lyon of Roxbury.
27. xii. Hannah4 Capen, b. 21 Oct. 1684 “at 9 A. M.” um. 1708.
Authorities : N. E. H. & G. Register XX, 246; Dorchester B.
M. D.; Thayer Memorial Part ii, 74.
8. Samuel3 Capen (John,2 Bernard1') born in Braintree,
but recorded in Dorchester 29 July 1648 and died
in Dorchester 19 May 1733. He married 9 April
1673 Susanna Payson, who was born 27 June 1655
and died in Dorchester 3 Feb. 1737. She was
daughter of Edward and Mary (Eliot) Payson.
Children born in Dorchester :
28. i. Samuel4 Capen, b. 1 Feb. 1 673 14 ; d. 5 June 1674.
29. ii. Samuel4 Capen, b. 4 Nov. 1675; d. 6 Jan. 1675 6.
+30. iii. Hopestill4 Capen, b. 13 Oct. 1677; m. Thankful Baker.
+31. iv. Mary4 Capen, b. 23 Sept. 1679; m. Steven Williams.
32. v. Ebenezer4 Capen, b. 30 Apr. 1682; d. 1 Nov. 1682.
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+33. vi. Edward4 Capen, b. 24 Sept. 1683; m. Patience Tolman.
+34. vii. Samuel4 Capen, b. 1 Mar. 1886; m. Lydia Waterman.
35. viii. Susanna4 Capen, b. 10 Nov. 1688; d. 1 Mar. 1 688 19.
36. ix. Jabesh4 Capen, b. and d. 3 Mar. 1689|90.
+37. x. Jonathan4 Capen, b. 17 Mar. 1691; m. Jane Houghton.
38. xi. Susanna4 Capen, b. 5 Sept. 1693; d. 15 Apr. 1701.
+39. xii. John4 Capen, b. 19 June 1696; m. Abigail Bugbee.
40. xiii. Elizabeth4 Capen, b. 28 Sept. 1698; d. 2 Nov. 1702.
Authority : N. E. H. & G. Register XX, 247.
9. Barnard3 Capen (John,2 Bernard1) born in Dor¬
chester, 24 March (or May) 1650 and died there,
of small pox, 3 May 1691. He married in Dor¬
chester 2 June 1675 Sarah Trott of Dorchester,
who was born 16 Jan. 1653 and died in Dorchester
2 June 1724. She was daughter of Thomas and
Sarah ( ) Trott.
Children born in Dorchester:
Barnard4 Capen, b. 26 Mar. 1676; m. Sarah Clap.
John4 Capen, b. 18 Feb. 1677; d. same day.
Sarah4 Capen, b. 5 Jan. 1 678 1 9 ; m. Jonathan Clap.
Joseph4 Capen, b. 28 Nov. 1681; d. 5 Sept. 1694.
James4 Capen, b. 8 April 1684; d. same day.
John4 Capen, b. 1 or 16 July 1685; d. 5 Apr. 1733.
Authorities: N. E. H. & G. Register XX, 247; Thayer Memorial.
10. Mary3 Capen (John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester
6 July 1652, and married there 22 Sept. 1674 James
Foster of Dorchester, who was born 13 April 1651
and died 4 Oct. 1732. He was son of Capt. Hope-
still and Mary (Bates) Foster. Hopestill Foster
was the son of Patience Foster, a widow, who em¬
barked for New England in the “Elizabeth” 17
Apr. 1635 aged 40 years, with her son Hopestill
aged 14.
Child:
i. Silence Foster, b. 4 Apr. 1677; m. 26 May 1698 John
Clap.
After the death of Mary (Capen) Foster, James Foster
+41. i.
42. ii.
+43. iii.
44. iv.
45. v.
46. vi.
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married secondly, 7 Oct. 1680 Anna Lane daughter of
Job Lane and had eleven other children.
Authorities : N. E. H. & G. Register XX, 246; LII, 194.
11. James3 Capen (John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester
17 Nov. 1654 and died, probably in Charlestown
3 Jan. 1717 1 8. He married 21 Sept. 1682 Hannah
Lawrence who was born 22 Feb. 1658. She was
daughter of John and Susanna ( ) Lawrence
of Charlestown. James3 Capen is mentioned in his
father’s will as having received his share of the
estate, upon his marriage, in land in Boston and a
house in Charlestown.
Children :
+47. i. James4 Capen, b. 11 Sept. 1683; m. Elizabeth Call.
48. ii. Hannah4 Capen, b. 13 Oct. 1686; bap. 17 Oct. in Old
South Church, Boston; m. 13 Jan. 1708|9 Benjamin
Andrews, son of John Andrews.
Children :
1. Hannah Andrews, b. 17 Sept. 1712; d. 5 Oct. 1713.
2. Benjamin Andrews, b. 7 Apr. 1715.
Benjamin Andrews, m. secondly, 9 May 1718 Kath¬
erine Blaney.
Authority : N. E. H. & G. Register XX, 247.
12. Preserved3 Capen (John,2 Bernard1) born in Dor¬
chester 4 March 1656 1 7 and died there 20 Oct.
1708. He married in Dorchester 16 May 1682
Mary Payson who was born 19 March 1665. She
was daughter of Edward and Mary (Eliot)
Payson of Roxbury. Administration on this
estate was granted 24 Feb. 1708 1 9 to relict,
Mary Capen, and eldest son Preserved. In¬
ventory amounted to over £1058. His widow mar¬
ried 3 Feb. 1713 Samuel Williams. The estate of
Preserved Capen was not settled until after his
widow’s marriage. In 1715 it being represented to
the Judge of Probate that the condition of the
estate did not allow a proper division among the
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heirs, an appraisement was made and permission
given to settle it all upon the oldest son, Preserved4
Capen, he paying certain sums of money to his
mother and his two sisters Mary Preston, wife of
John Preston, and Ann Capen.
Children born in Dorchester:
+49. i. Mary4 Capen, b. 28 Mar. 1683; m. John Preston.
+50. ii. Preserved4 Capen, b. 10 Apr. 1686; m. Susanna With-
ington.
51. iii. Elizabeth4 Capen, b. 1 Mar. 1689|90; d. May 1691.
52. iv. Ann4 Capen, b. 12 Nov. 1692; d. 1 Oct. 1702.
53. v. John4 Capen, b. 16 Oct. 1694; d. 2 Apr. 1695.
+54. vi. John4 Capen, b. about 1695; in. Ruth Thayer.
55. vii. Ebenezer1 Capen, b. 6 Sept. 1698; d. same day.
56. viii. Ebenezer* Capen, b. 8 Jan. 1700; d. 1 1 May 1700.
+57. ix. Ann4 Capen, b. 9 May 1703; m. Ebenezer Wiswall.
Jonathan Clap was appointed guardian to Ann4 8 Mar.
1715.
Authorities: N. E. H. & G. Register XX, 246-).; History of Rox-
bury; Clapp’s Jones Hill, Dorchester 59 & 60.
13. Rev. Joseph3 Capen (John,2 Bernard1) born in Dor¬
chester 29 Dec. 1658 and died in Topsfield 30 June
1725. He married Priscilla Appleton, of Ipswich,
who was born 25 Dec. 1657 and died in Topsfield
18 Oct. (church record) 12 Oct. (gravestone) 1743.
She was daughter of Capt. John and Priscilla
(Glover) Appleton of Ipswich. He was called
“Parson Capen.”
Children born in Topsfield :
+58. i. Priscilla4 Capen, b. 1 Sept. 1685; m. Caleb Thomas.
+59. ii. John4 Capen, b. 15 June 1687; d. 26 Apr. 1732.
+60. iii. Mary4 Capen, bap. 17 Feb. 1 688 1 9 ; m. Thomas Baker.
+61. iv. Elizabeth4 Capen, bap. 26 Apr. 1691; m. Simon Brad-
street.
62. v. Joseph4 Capen, bap. 6 Aug. 1693; d. young.
63. vi. Nathaniel4 Capen, b. 13 July 1695; d. 16 Feb. 1749|50
um.
+64. vii. Sarah4 Capen, b. 6 Apr. 1699; m. John Bradford.
Parson Capen House
Topsfield, built probably in 1686.
Owned and used , 1U28. by Topsfield Historical Society.
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Joseph3 Capen was graduated from Harvard in 1677.
“He was admitted to the Church in Dorchester”
early in 1681. On the 26 Sept. 1681 the town of
Topsfield voted that he might have the use of the
parsonage home and land and his choice of £ 75 in
country pay, as corn, pork, and beef, or £20 in
silver and £45 in country pay. He chose the latter.
In June 1682 he declined a proposition to go to
New Haven, Conn., with a view to settlement. He
was dismissed from the Church in Dorchester “ye
first of ye 4th mo. 1682 to join to the Church at
Topsfield in order to his ordination of a pastor to
that Church 28 Feb. 1682.” On 11 June 1684 he
was ordained at Topsfield as successor to Jeremiah
Hobart. After this at a lawful town meeting 5
Sept. 1685, according to an extract furnished from
the town records of Topsfield, a committee was ap¬
pointed “to accompany him when he goes to Dor¬
chester to visit his friends, and to bring him back
again if they can get his friends consent to continue
with us in the ministry.” He “continued” until his
death 30 June 1725. It was during Parson Capen’s
ministry that the delusion of witchcraft raged and
“the accusation and execution of several of his par¬
ishioners was the cause of the deepest regret to this
tender hearted man.” The town of Topsfield
granted him a piece of land upon which he built a
house in 1686 which is still standing (1928) and is
now used by the Topsfield Historical Society.
Authorities: N. E. H. & G. Register XX, 246; Thayer Memor¬
ial; Sibley’s Harvard Graduates; Essex Antiquarian V, 100;
Topsfield Historical Society Collections XII; Newspaper Clip¬
ping from Springfield.
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Fourth Generation
16. Susannah4 Capen (John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dorchester 16 Sept. 1664 and died in Newton 18
Aug. 1736. She m. Andrew2 Hall, who was born
in Rehoboth 10 May 1665 and died in Newton
Dec. 1756. He was son of Edward1 Hall, who was
in Duxbury 1636-7-8 and died in Bridgewater 27
Nov. 1670, and his wife Hester or Esther.
Children born in Newton:
i. John Hall, b. 11 Jan. 1694]5; m. (1) Hopestill Ock-
ington, m. (2) Abigail Hall.
ii. Susanna Hall, b. 1 Jan. 1696; 7; m. Eliziur Stoddard. •
iii. Sarah Hall, b. 11 Dec. 1699; in. Samuel Gay of Ded¬
ham.
iv. Dorothy Hall, b. “after the child b. 1 1 Dec. 1699”;
m. 1732 Eliphalet Gay of Dedham.
v. Andrew Hall, h . ; m. Dorcas Courtenay of
Boston.
vi. Edward Hall, b . ; m. Mary Miller, dau. of Sam¬
uel Miller.
vii. Hannah Hall, b . ; m . Woodcock.
Andrew Hall married secondly, Mary Bennett.
Authorities : History of Newton; V. R. Newton; B. M. D. of
Dorchester; Hall Genealogy (David Hall) p. 528; N. E. H. &
G. Register Vol. XX, p. 246, Vol. XXXIII, p. 47.
18. Samuel4 Capen (John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dorchester 23 Oct. 1667, died there 19 April 1720.
He married 16 Nov. 1693 Ann Stone, who was
born in Watertown 8 Aug. 1668. She was daugh¬
ter of Dea. John2 and Sarah (Bass) Stone.
Children horn in Dorchester:
+65. i. Hannah3 Capen, b. 1 Mar. 1 695 ] 6 ; m. John Glover.
+66. ii. Samuel5 Capen, b. 6 July 1698; m. Deborah .
+67. iii. John5 Capen, b. 21 Mar. 1 701 1 2 ; m. Elizabeth Hall.
68. iv. Purchase5 Capen, b. 17 Aug. 1703; d. 4 May 1775 Dor¬
chester.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.
The Capen Family
23
19. Thankful4 Capen (John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dorchester 22 April 1669; married John Stone of
Watertown, who was born 15 Dec. 1666. He was
son of Dea. John2 and Sarah (Bass) Stone.
Children born in Watertown:
i. John Stone, b. 10 April 1697.
ii. Nathaniel Stone, b. 23 Mar. 1699.
iii. Isaac Stone, b. 8 Feb. 1703.
iv. Mary Stone, b. 22 Feb. 1705.
v. Barsham Stone, b. 15 Sept. 1710.
Authorities : Savage; Dorchester B. M. D.; Bond’s History of
Watertown 951.
22. Dorothy4 Capen (John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dorchester 16 Sept. 1673. She married Nathaniel
Blanchard, who was born in Weymouth 25 Sept.
1665. He wTas son of Nathaniel and Susanna
(Bates) Blanchard (Blancher).
Children born in Weymouth:
i. Dorothy Blanchard, b. 12 May 1696; d. young.
ii. Dorothy Blanchard, b. 3 Dec. 1697.
iii. Susanna Blanchard, b. 7 July 1700.
iv. Josiah Blanchard, b. 9 Sept. 1702.
v. Nehemiah Blanchard, b. Nov. 1704.
vi. Nathaniel Blanchard, b. probably 1699, not recorded
in Weymouth. He m. about 1724 Hannah Thayer,
dau. of Ephraim and Sarah ( ) Thayer and lived
in Braintree.
Nathaniel and Dorothy (Capen) Blanchard, with
their family removed to Braintree between 1706
and 1709.
Children born in Braintree:
vii. Hannah Blanchard, b. 14 Mar. 1709|l0.
viii. Mary Blanchard, b. 22 Feb. 1 71 2 1 13.
ix. John Blanchard, b. 22 Mar. 1715.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Weymouth Records; Brain¬
tree Records; Thayer’s Family Memorial, part II, p. 14.
30. Hopestill4 Capen (Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
in Dorchester 13 Oct. 1677, married in Dorchester
24
The Capen Family
14 Aug. 1702 Thankful Baker, who was born in
Dorchester 13 April 1679 and died there 6 Dec.
1761 “in her 83rd year” (gr. stone). She was
daughter of John2 (Richard1) and Preserved
(Trott) Baker.
Children born in Dorchester:
69. i. IIopestill0 Capen, b. “the last of July and died same
day” 1704.
+70. ii. Thankful5 Capen, b. 30 Dec. 1706; m. Jacob Humphrey.
71. iii. Mary'5 Capen, b. 29 June 1715.
Possibly another Hopestill and others.
Authority: Dorchester B. M. D.
31. Mary4 Capex (Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dorchester 3 Sept. 1679 and married there 18 June
1700 “Steven” Williams, who was born 27 August
1678 and died 13 May 1768. He was son of
Stephen and Sarah (Wise) Williams. Steven
Williams married in 1738, a second wife Elizabeth
Danforth. He was a grandson of Robert Williams
of Roxbury, who came from Norwich, Eng. in
1638. Most of the Roxbury Williams’s are des¬
cended from Stephen, the third son of Robert.
Among the descendants of Robert are Col. Eph¬
raim Williams, founder of Williams College, Rev.
Elisha Williams, president of Yale, William Wil¬
liams of Conn., a signer of the Declaration of In¬
dependence, and Rev. Eleazer Williams, the “Lost
Bourhon.”
Authority i Dorchester B. M. D.
33. Edward4 Capen (Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dorchester 24 Sept. 1686 and died there 28 June
1770. He married in Boston 28 Mar. 1739 Pati¬
ence “Solomon,” (a) who died in Dorchester 25
Mar. 1804.
Children born in Dorchester:
+72. i. Susannah5 Capen, b. 16 April 1741; m. Lemuel Clapp.
The Capen Family
25
73. ii. Edward5 Capen, b. 30 July 1743.
+74. iii. John5 Capen, b. 23 May 1745; m. Patience Davis.
+75. iv. Patience5 Capen, b. 11 May 1747; m. Ezra Badlam.
+76. v. Mary5 Capen, b. 4 June 1750; m. William Glover.
(a) It would seem as if this name should be Tolman but
the only Patience Tolman of right age was Patience
b. 1 Jan. 1717 1 8 in Dorchester, daughter of John and
Elizabeth (White) Tolman, who married 9 May 1741
Thomas Evans of Dorchester.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Tolman Gen.; N. E. H. &
G. Register XIV, 249+.
34. Samuel4 Capen (Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dorchester 1 Mar. 1686 and died there 30 Nov.
1751, “in the 66th year of his age” (gr. stone).
He married in Dorchester 28 Mar. 1722 Lydia
Waterman, who was born in Hingham 13 May
1700 and died in Dorchester 30 May 1726. She
was daughter of Robert2 Waterman and his second
wife Sarah (Lewis) Lincoln, widow of Thomas
Lincoln and daughter of James and Sarah (Lane)
Lewis. Robert Waterman in his will, proved 2
June 1741, bequeaths “to his grandsons Josiah
Capen and Robert Capen.”
Children :
+77. i. Josiah5 Capen, bapt. 1 Nov. 1722; m. Charity Dwellev.
+78. ii. Robert5 Capen, b. 3 May 1724; m. Jane Lyon.
Authorities : Mass. Genealogies 2156; Hist, and Gen. of Hing¬
ham.
37. Jonathan4 Capen (Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
in Dorchester 17 May 1691 and died 17 Dec. 1740.
He married 22 Feb. 1722 Jane Houghton of Mil-
ton, who was born in Milton 9 March 1700. She
was daughter of Ebenezer Houghton of Milton.
Children born in Dorchester:
+79. i. Elizabeth5 Capen, b. 24 Nov. 1722; m. Johnson Tolman.
+80. ii. Jonathan5 Capen, b. 23 July 1724; m. Jerusha Talbot.
+81. iii. Samuel0 Capen, b. 27 Mar. 1727; m. Sarah Bailey.
26
The Capen Family
82. iv.
+83. v.
84. vi.
+85. vii.
Susannah5 Capen, b. 10 Mar. 1 728 19.
Edward5 Capen, b. 25 Apr. 1731; m. Susanna Clap.
Joseph5 Capen, b. 24 Jan. 1734. (a)
Jane5 Capen, b. 5 June 1739. (a)
(a) Not recorded in Dorchester, given in Mass. Geneal¬
ogies, 1589, and in Thayer’s Family Memorial.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Mass. Genealogies 1589;
Thayer’s Family Memorial.
39. John4 Capen (Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dorchester 19 June 1696 and died there 15 May
1769. He married in Dorchester 3 Jan. 1757 Abi¬
gail Bugbee of Roxbury. She was born about 1735
and died in Dorchester 10 Sept. 1806.
Children born in Dorchester:
+86. i. Abigail5 Capen, b. 18 Dec. 1758; m. Thomas Phillips.
87. ii. Susanna’ Capen, b. 9 Nov. 1760; d. 18 Jan. 1773.
+88. iii. Samuel5 Capen, b. 31 Dec. 1762; m. Lydia (Merriam)
Capen.
89. iv. John’ Capen, b. 13 May 1765.
90. v. Lydia5 Capen, b. 31 Oct. 1769 “several months after the
death of her father”; m. Elijah Nye of Milton.
Authority : Dorchester B. M. D.
41. Bernard4 Capen (Bernard,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dorchester 26 March 1676 and died there 8 Jan.
1723 1 4 or 1724 1 5. He married in Dorchester 14
Dec. 1704 Sarah Clap, who was born in Dor¬
chester 13 Jan. 1677 and died there 13 Jan. 1763.
She was daughter of Hopestill and Susanna
(Swift) Clap.
Children born in Dorchester:
91. i. Bernard5 Capen, b. 5 Feb. 1 705 1 6 ; “died the same day.”
92. ii. Joseph5 Capen, b. 27 Oct. 1707; d. 15 Apr. 1755.
93. iii.* Nehemiah5 Capen, b. 19 Sept. 1713; d. 6 Oct. 1713.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Clapp Genealogy.
43. Sarah4 Capen (Bernard,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dorchester 5 July 1678] 9 and died 7 Sept. 1746.
She married in Dorchester 23 June 1703 Jonathan
The Capen Family
27
Clap, who was born in Dorchester 31 Aug. 1673
and died 2 Jan. 1723 1 4. He was son of Nathaniel
and Elizabeth ( Smith) Clap.
Children born in Dorchester:
i. Sarah Clap, b. 7 June 1704; d. 19 July 1704.
ii. Jonathan Clap, b. 6 Dec. 1705; d. 14 Feb. 1786.
iii. Nathaniel Clap, b. 30 May 1709; d. 18 Mar. 1709|l0.
iv. Nathaniel Clap, b. 27 July 1711; d. 6 Aug. 1711.
v. Sarah Clap, b. 11 May 1714; m. Hopestill Leeds.
vi. Noah Clap, b. 25 Jan. 1 7 1 7 1 1 8 ; m. Ann Clap 11 Dec.
1760 and died 10 Apr. 1799. He was town clerk of
Dorchester for more than forty years.
vii. David Clap, b. 11 Nov. 1720 and d. 17 Aug. 1787. He
married 20 June 1754 Ruth, daughter of Samuel
Humphreys of Dorchester.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D., Clapp Genealogy.
47. James4 Capen (James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Charlestown 11 Sept. 1683. He married 21 March
1705 1 6 Elizabeth Call who was born 26 May 1686
and died of small-pox 20 Nov. 1721. She was
daughter of Thomas3 (John,2 Thomas1) and Eliza¬
beth (Crosswell) Call.
Children born in Charlestown:
94. i. Elizabeth5 Capen, b. 11 Jan. 1 706 1 7 ; m. David Elli-
thorp.
+95. ii. James6 Capen, b. 4 Feb. 1709jl0; m. Sarah Pinson.
+96. iii. Hannah5 Capen, b. 24 Feb. 1 7 1 1 1 1 2 ; m. John Fenno.
97. iv. Abigail5 Capen, b. 8 July 1714; d. Aug. 1714.
98. v. Thomas5 Capen, b. 9 Juiy 1715; d. 7 July 1739. “aet
24 yrs. wanting 2 days.” (gr. stone.)
99. vi. Abigail5 Capen, b. 20 Jan. 1 71 7 1 1 8 ; d. 7 Mar. 1760.
100. vii. Jonathan5 Capen, b. 30 Apr. 1721; d. about 1756. His
will was probated Mar. 1756. He devised all to his
sister Abigail.
James4 Capen married secondly, 21 Nov. 1722 Heph-
zibah Harris, who was born about 1683 and died
29 Nov. 1750.
28
The Capex Family
Children born in Charlestown :
101. viii. William5 Capen, bapt. 12 June 1726.
102. ix. Hephzibah5 Capen, b. 11 Jan. 1729|30.
Authorities : N. E. H. & G. Register XX, 247+; Charlestown
Genealogies.
49. Mary4 Capen (Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dorchester 28 March 1683 and died there 31 Aug.
1710. She married in Dorchester 21 May 1701
John Preston who was born in Dorchester 12 Nov.
1676.
Children born in Dorchester:
i. Mary Preston, b. 28 Mar. 1702.
ii. John Preston, b. 9 Sept. 1703.
iii. Abigail Preston, b. 17 Sept. 1705; m. 16 July 1724
John Blake.
iv. Margaret Preston, b. 26 June 1708; d. 15 Mar. 1711.
v. Preserved Preston, b. 17 Apr. 1710; d. 13 July 1723
(drowned).
Mary4 (Capen) Preston gravestone reads: “Here lyes
body of Mary | the wife of John Preston | aged
27 years | died August | the 31 1710“ |
John Preston married a second time and had other
children.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.
50. Preserved4 Capen (Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Dorchester 10 April 1686 and died, prob¬
ably in Stoughton, 18 Oct. 1757. He was married
in Dorchester 16 May 1708, by Rev. John Dan-
forth, to Susanna Withington, who was born in
Dorchester 18 Feb. 1689|90 and died in Stoughton
14 Oct. 1762. She was daughter of John and Eliza¬
beth (Preston) Withington.
Children born in Dorchester:
103. i. Preserved5 Capen, b. 12 May 1710; d. 29 May 1710.
104. ii. Preserved5 Capen, b. 2 Nov. 1711; d. 18 April 1721.
105. iii. Mary5 Capen, b. 7 July 1714; d. 14 Oct. 1714.
The Capen Family
29
4-106. iv.
107. v.
+108. vi.
109. vii.
110. viii.
+111. ix.
112. x.
Ebenezer3 Capen, b. 15 Apr. 1716; m. Elizabeth Leeds.
Susanna5 Capen, b. 20 Jan. 1 7 1 7 1 1 8 ; m. (1) 16 Jan.
1745 Charles Harvey who died 15 Nov. 1762 and she
m. (2) 16 Dec. 1777 Nathaniel Langley.
David0 Capen, b. 3 Apr. 1720; m. Relief Evans.
Elijah3 Capen, b. 23 Mar. 1721 1 22 ; d. 1 Aug. 1722.
James5 Capen, b. 2 June 1723; d. 22 June 1723.
Elijah3 Capen, b. 6 June 1724; m. Elizabeth Bird.
Mary5 Capen, b. 16 July 1729; d. 19 May 1746. She
died after her father had moved to Stoughton but was
buried in Dorchester.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Proprietors of Jones Hill,
Clapp, p. 59.
54. John4 Capen (Preserved," John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dorchester (2 April?) 1695, died in Braintree
1748. He married in Braintree 20 Sept. 1722 Ruth
Thayer, who was born in Braintree 1 April 1704.
She was daughter of Ephraim and Sarah (Bass)
Thayer.
Children born in Dorchester :
+113. i. Ruth5 Capen, b. 16 Mar. 1 723 1 4 ; m. Benjamin Thayer.
+114. ii. Sarah5 Capen, b. 21 July 1725; m. Nathaniel Moseley.
+115. iii. Esther3 Capen, b. 5 April 1727; m. Benjamin Ludden.
+116. iv. Nathaniel3 Capen, b. 19 June 1728; m. Deborah Curtis.
+117. v. Christopher3 Capen, b. 20 April 1730; m. Abigail
Thayer.
118. vi. Rebecca3 Capen, b. 12 June 1732; m. Winter “Boson.”
+119. vii. John5 Capen, b. 9 May 1734; m. Mary Williams.
Children born in Braintree:
+120. viii. Anna3 Capen, b. 20 March 1 736 1 7 ; m. Ephraim Blanch¬
ard.
121. ix. Elizabeth5 Capen, b. 22 May 1739.
122. x. Ephraim5 Capen, b. 24 March 1745; m. Dorothy Thayer.
123. xi. Philip5 Capen, b. 24 March 1745.
124. xii. Samuel3 Capen (named in Thayer’s Family Memorial,
not elsewhere).
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Braintree Records; Mass.
Genealogies p. 2364; Thayer’s Family Memorial.
57. Ann4 Capen (Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dorchester 9 May 1703, married in Dorchester 30
30
The Capen Family
Nov. 1721 Ebenezer Wiswall. He was probably
Ebenezer,4 (Oliver,3 Enoch,2 Thomas1) Wiswall,
who was born in Dorchester 3 March 1699 and
probably was the Ebenezer Wiswall who was found
dead in bed on the morning of the tenth day of
May 1768. “The Wiswall Family,” and the N. E.
H. & G. Register Vol. XL, p. 60 both give Eben¬
ezer, born 2.5 Feb. 1682, son of Enoch2 Wiswall
as the Ebenezer Wiswall who married Ann Capen.
Children born in Dorchester:
i. Ebenezer Wiswall, b. 10 June 1722.
ii. Mary Wiswall, b. 17 April 1724.
iii. Oliver Wiswall, b. 24 Nov. 1725.
iv. Noah Wiswall, b. 25 Nov. 1727.
v. Daniel Wiswall, b. 26 Nov. 1729.
vi. Job Wiswall, b. 18 Sept. 1731; d. 6 Nov. 1731.
vii. Esther Wiswall, b. 28 Dec. 1732.
viii. Samuel Wiswall, b. 3 Oct. 1734; m. 8 July 1759 in
Worcester, Sarah Dyer.
ix. Elijah W'iswall, b. 22 Dec. 1738; d. 16 Jan. 1 738 1 9.
x. Ann Wiswall, b. 1 1 Jan. 1739|40; d. 10 Feb. 1739|40.
xi. Hannah Wiswall, b. 3 July 1742; d. 16 Sept. 1742.
xii. Ichabod Wiswall, b. 18 Dec. 1743.
Authorities Wiswall Family; N. E. H. & G. Register Vol.
XL p. 60; History of Newton, Jackson; Dorchester B. M. D.
58. PrisciliA Capen (Rev. Joseph,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Topsfield 1 Sept. 1685. She married in
Topsfield 21 Sept. 1708 Caleb Thomas, who was
born in Marshfield 18 Oct. 1680 and died before
1723. He was son of Nathaniel and Deborah (Ja¬
cobs) Thomas.
Child born, probably in Marshfield:
+58a i. Priscilla Thomas, born about 1709; m. ( 1 ) John Wat¬
son; m. (2) Isaac Lothrop; m. (3) Noah Hobart.
Priscilla (Capen) Thomas married secondly, 27 Mar.
1723, in Topsfield, Dea. Nathan Peabody, as his
second wife. He was born in Boxford 21 July
The Capen Family
31
1682 and died there 4 Mar. 1733. He was son of
John Peabody and Hannah Andrews (Robert)
and grandson of Francis Peabody and, possibly,
his wife Mary Foster. Mary Foster was daughter
of Reginald Foster, whose family is mentioned by
Sir Walter Scott in “Marmion” and in the “Lay
of the Last Minstrel.”
Children born in Boxfordr
ii. Daniel Peabody, b. 23 May 1724; d. 17 Apr. 1725.
iii. Ruth Peabody, b. 6 Aug. 1727; m. Moses Dole.
iv. Loucy (Lucy) Peabody, b. 24 Sept. 1728; m. 27 Dec.
1748 Capt. Eliphalet Spofford. She d. 2 May 1766.
He died 7 Oct. 1776.
Priscilla (Capen) (Thomas) Peabody married third¬
ly, 1 June 1736 Job Tiller.
Authorities : Mayflower Descendant II, 249; Topsfield Vital
Records; Boxford Vital Records; Peabody Gen.; Foster Gen.;
History of Marshfield; Davis’ Ancient Landmarks; N. E. H.
& G. Register VIII, 342.
58.a Priscilla Thomas, daughter of Caleb and Priscilla4
(Capen) Thomas was born, probably in Marsh¬
field, about 1709 and died in Plymouth 23 June
1796. She married first, 8 July 1729 John Watson
of Plymouth, as his second wife. Intentions rec¬
orded in Plymouth say both were of Plymouth.
He was son of Elkanah and Mercy ( )
Watson of Plymouth. He was born Oct. 1678 and
died 9 Sept. 1731.
Children :
1. William Watson, b. 6 May 1730.
2. Elkanah Watson, b. 27 Feb. 1732, after his father’s
death.
She married secondly, (intentions, recorded in Ply¬
mouth, 23 Dec. 1732) in 1733 Isaac Lothrop who
was born 13 Feb. 1707 and died in Plymouth 26
April 1750. He was a slave-owner in Plymouth.
He left estate valued at £23803, 6s, 3d.
32
The Capen Family
Children born in Plymouth:
3. Isaac Lothrop, b. 11 Dec. 1735.
4. Nathaniel Lothrop, b. 26 Nov. 1737; m. Ellen Hobart,
dau. of Rev. Noah Hobart and his first wife.
5. Thomas Lothrop, b. 10 Feb. 1739.
6. Caleb Lothrop, b. 25 Nov. 1742.
7. Priscilla Lothrop, b. 1 Aug. 1747; m. Gershom Burr.
She married, thirdly, (int. Plymouth 6 May 1758),
Rev. Noah Hobart of Fairfield, Conn. He was
born in Hingham 12 Jan. 1705 1 6 and died in Fair-
field, Conn., in 1773. He was son of David Hobart
and grandson of Rev. Peter Hobart of Hingham.
Thev had no children. She remained in Fairfield,
V
Conn., until her house was destroyed, by the British
in July 1779, when she returned to Plymouth and
lived in the house where she had lived with Isaac
Lothrop. She died in Plymouth and the inscription
on her gravestone which is in ‘Old Burial Hill”
in Plymouth reads:
*
“Departed this Life
June 23, 1796
In the 90th year of her Age
Madam Priscilla Hobart
Relict
of the Revd Noah Hobart
late of Fairfield in Connecticut
her third husband
her first and Second
were
John Watson Esq
and
Honble Isaac Lothrop.”
Nearby are the stones for her first and second hus¬
bands which read:
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“Here lyes the remains of John Watson Esqr
who deceased Sepr the 9 1731 in the 53d
year of his age.”
“This Stone is
erected to the memory of
that unbiasid Judge
Faithful Officer sincere Friend
and honest Man
Coll Isaac Lothrop
who resigned this Life
on the 26th day of April 1750
in the 43d year of his age
Had Virtues Charms the power to save
Its faithful Votaries from the grave
This stone would neer possess the fame
Of being marked by Lothrops name.”
Noah Hobart’s stone which is in Fairfield, Conn.,
is:
“In memory
of
The Revd Noah Hobart
A. M.
Ordained Pastor of the first
Church of Christ in Fairfield
February 7th 1732
In which Station
He served God and his Generation
With Fidelity and Usefullness
Until Dec. 3 1773
When he was taken
From the approaching troubles
To receive
The mercy of God thro Christ.
Remember them who have spoken unto you
the word of God whose faith follow.”
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The Capex Family
Authorities: Mayflower Descendant V, 55; XII, 223; Hingham
Genealogies; History Fairfield, Conn., II, 451; Gravestones,
Burial Hill Plymouth; Old Burying Ground, Fairfield, Conn.;
Mayflower Descendant, XVIII, 141, 123; XXV, 187.
THE ROMANCE OF PRISCILLA
Priscilla Thomas was the granddaughter of Parson
Joseph Capen of Topsfield and was named for her
grandmother Priscilla (Appleton) Capen. When
quite young, Priscilla was engaged to be married
to Noah Hobart, a grandson of Rev. Peter Hobart
of Hingham. He was a poor schoolmaster study¬
ing for the ministry. John Watson, a widower and
much older than Priscilla sued for her hand. She
consulted her parents and told young Hobart the
circumstances. For her sake he released her and she
married John Watson, who died in about two years,
several months before her second child was born.
About this time the wife of a neighbor Isaac Loth-
rop died leaving a young infant. This child was
brought to Priscilla to nurse with her own. In
time Mr. Lothrop and Priscilla were married and
lived together sixteen or seventeen years. He died
leaving her a large estate.
In the meantime Noah Hobart had married and be¬
come a settled minister and his wife had also died.
After a suitable time Mr. Hobart visited the widow
Lothrop and renewed his suit. Priscilla received
him graciously but regretted she could not accept
his proposal as she had promised Mr. Lothrop to
care for his aged mother and not to marry as long
as the mother lived. So Noah went his way
toward home, stopping for a day or two, at a town
on the way. Here he met a traveler just come
from Plymouth, Priscilla’s town. Being asked the
news he replied, “Nothing in particular save old
Madam Lothrop died last night.” Noah returned
to Plymouth and in three weeks he and Priscilla
The Capen Family
35
were married, he being her third husband and her
first lover.
Authority: N. E. H. & G. Register Vol. XXVII, p. 24. This
article calls Isaac Lothrop “Thomas” which is a mistake.
59. John4 Capen (Rev. Joseph,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
in Topsfield 15 June 1687 and died there 26 April
1732- 1157707
Children born in Topsfield:
125. i. Joseph3 Capen, bapt. 24 Dec. 1710.
126. ii. Mary5 Capen, bapt. 5 Feb. 1 7 1 5 1 1 6.
127. iii. Mary5 Capen, bapt. 15 Dec. 1717.
Authorities: Topsfield Vital Records p. 22.
60. Mary4 Capen (Rev. Joseph,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
in Topsfield, baptized there 17 Feb. 1688 1 9. She
married first, in Topsfield 5 Jan. 1709|l0 Lt. Tho¬
mas Baker, son of Capt. Thomas and Priscilla
(Symonds) Baker.
Children born in Ipswich and Topsfield:
i. Thomas Baker, b. 20 Nov. 1710; m. 26 Nov. 1729
Sarah Wade of Ipswich.
ii. Mary Baker, b. 13 d. 5 mo. 1712, was living 1729.
iii. Martha Baker, bapt. 4 April 1714; m. 14 May 1735
John Whipple Jr. of Ipswich.
iv. Jacob Baker, bapt. 28 d. 9 mo. 1714; m. 5 Aug. 1736
Kezia Smith, no ch.
v. Joseph Baker, b. 3 May 1716; m. 17 Dec. 1738 Mehit-
abel Dodge, lived in Topsfield and Dudley.
vi. Priscilla Baker, b. 14 April 1718; d. 17 May 1719.
vii. John Baker, b. 18 Dec. 1719; m. 2 Feb. 1 748 1 9
Anna Bradstreet. He bought the Capen homestead in
Topsfield in 1746 and lived there and in Boxford.
viii. Elizabeth Baker, b. 23 Mar. 1723; m. 4 Feb. 1740|41
John Low of Hamlet Parish, Ipswich.
ix. Priscilla Baker, b. 4 Aug. 1724; m. 9 Dec. 1742 Tar¬
rant Putnam of Salem. In 1753 they were living in
Sutton.
Authorities: Topsfield Vital Records; Ipswich Vital Records;
Essex Antiquarian, Vol. V, 158.
36
The Capen Family
61. Elizabeth4 Capex (Rev. Joseph,3 John,* Bernard1)
bom in Topsfield (bapt. 26 April 1691) and died
there 22 Mar. 1781. She married 12 Oct. 1711
Simon3 Bradstreet, who was born in Topsfield 14
April 1682. He was son of John2 (Simon1) Brad-
street.
Children born in Topsfield:
i. Elizabeth Bradstreet, b. 28 Aug. 1712; m. Joseph
Peabodv.
w
ii. Simon Bradstreet, b. 21 Apr. 1714.
iii. Dudley Bradstreet, b. 27 May 1716.
iv. John Bradstreet, b. 2 Mar. 1 7 1 7 1 1 8.
v. Margaret Bradstreet, b. 24 Apr. 1720; m. Thomas
Andrews Jr.
vi. Priscilla Bradstreet, b. 27 Sept. 1722.
vii. Lucy Bradstreet, b. 25 Nov. 1724; m. Robert Andrews
J r.
viii. Dr. Joseph Bradstreet, b. 13 May 1727.
ix. Mercy Bradstreet, b. 27 Nov. 1728; m . Stone.
x. Mary Bradstreet, b. 10 May 1731; m. Elisha Wildes.
j
Authorities: Topsfield Vital Records; N. E. H. & G. Register
Vol. VIII, p. 312.
64. Sarah4 Capex (Rev. Joseph,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
in Topsfield 6 April 1699, married there 9 May
1717 John Bradford of Boston. He is probably
the John, son of Moses and Elizabeth Bradford
horn in Boston 18 Sept. 1693. The marriage was
also recorded in Boston.
Children born in Boston:
i. John Bradford, b. 15 Mar. 1718 or 21 Mar. 1 7 1 7 1 1 8.
ii. Sarah Bradford, b. 10 Aug. 1719.
iii. John Bradford, b. 8 Mar. 1720.
iv. Nathaniel Bradford, b. 11 Feb. 1722.
Possibly others.
Authorities : Topsfield Records, Boston B. M. D., 1680-1699;
Boston B. M. D. 1700+.
The Capen Family
37
Fifth Generation
65. Hannah6 Capen (Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Dorchester 1 March 1695 1 6 and died there
22 Feb. 1717 1 18. She married in Dorchester 15
Feb. 1713|l4 John Glover, who was born in Dor¬
chester 6 May 1689. He was son of John and
Miriam (Smith) Glover.
Children born in Dorchester:
i. John Glover, b. 17 Oct. 1715.
ii. Benjamin Glover, b. 18 Feb. 1 7 1 7 1 1 8 ; d. next day.
John Glover married secondly, 12 Dec. 1718 Lydia
Norcott.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; The Glover Memorial.
66. Samuel6 Capen (Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Dorchester 6 July 1698 and died in Belch-
ertown. He married Deborah .
Children born in Dorchester:
+128. i. Ann6 Capen, b. 1 1 Nov. 1724; m. Jacob Prouty.
+129. ii. Timothy6 Capen, b. 3 Feb. 1725 6; m. Mary Merritt.
130. iii. James6 Capen, b. 14 Dec. 1727; d. 7 Mar. 1727|8.
+131. iv. James6 Capen, b. 25 Dec. 1728; m. Elizabeth Prouty.
132. v. Elizabeth6 Capen, b. 11 Dec. 1730; d. 31 Jan. 1 730 1 1 .
133. vi. Abijah6 Capen, b. 11 May 1732, settled in Windsor, Vt.
Children born in Leicester:
134. vii. Samuel6 Capen, b. 14 Mar. 1 733 1 4 ; d. 10 Nov. 1741.
135. viii. Elizabeth6 Capen, b. 14 Jan. 1734 5 ; d. 6 Mar. 1 734 1 5 .
136. ix. Elizabeth6 Capen, b. 11 Jan. 1735 6; d. 13 April 1736.
+137. x. John6 Capen, b. 1 Mar. or May 1737; m. Sarah Riche.
138. xi. Hannah6 Capen, b. 22 May 1739; m. Samuel Sawin.
139. xii. Edmund6 Capen, b. 16 July 1740; m. Mary Wilson in
Palmer 5 April 1764. He settled in Windsor, Vt.
He was a soldier of the Revolution.
Children born in Spencer:
140. xiii. Phebe6 Capen, b. 6 Jan. 1 741 1 2 ; d. 12 Feb. 1 741 1 2.
141. xiv. Samuel6 Capen, b. 29 Aug. 1743; m. Rhoda Bishop.
Intentions recorded in Palmer 3 Jan. 1771.
38
The Capen Family
+142. xv. Purchase6 Capen, b. 25 Sept. 1746; m. Theodosia Hol¬
comb.
Samuel’ Capen moved from Dorchester, about 1733,
to Leicester where he remained about six or seven
years. He then went to Spencer where, the records
show, he purchased and sold several lots of land.
He was Parish Clerk in Spencer from 1747 to
1753 and Assessor for several years. He is said
to have been celebrated as a mathematician. About
1760 he left Spencer and settled in Belchertown,
where he died.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Leicester Vital Records;
Spencer Vital Records; Family records furnished by (558).
67. John6 Capen (Samuel.4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Dorchester 21 March 1701 2. He married
in Dorchester 5 Jan. 1 726 1 7 Elizabeth Hall, who
was born in Dorchester 2 Aug. 1703 and died
there as the widow of John Wiswall, 12 May 1790.
She was daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth
(Clap) Hall.
Children horn in Dorchester:
143. i. Elizabeth6 Capen, b. 31 Oct. 1727; d. 2 Feb. 1 727 1 8.
+ 144. ii. Barnard* C apen, b. 13 March 1728J9; m. Hannah White.
+145. iii. Hopestill6 Capen. b. 4 March 1 730 1 1 ; m. Patience
Stoddard.
146. iv. John* Capen, b. 12 Jan. 1732|3; d. 4 Nov. 1737.
John Capen died before 1750 as his widow married
secondly, Nov. 1750 John Wiswall as his second
wife.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D. ; Wiswall Family in Am.
in N. E. H. & G. Register Vol. XL, p. 60.
70. Thankful5 Capen (Hopestill,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 30 Dec. 1706 and
died there 16 Jan. 1775. She married first, 26 Nov.
1730 Jacob Humphrey (Humfrey), who was
born in Dorchester 9 July 1700 and died there 19
The Capex Family
39
Nov. 1743. He was son of Isaac and Ruth (Lead-
better) Humphrey.
Children born in Dorchester:
i. Jacob Humphrey, b. 23 Aug. 1731.
ii. Thankful Humphrey, b. 1 1 March 1 7 3 3 1 4- .
iii. Ruth Humphrey, b. 2 March 1737.
Thankful0 (Capen) Humphrey married secondly, 25
Feb. 1747 Ralph Morgain (Morgan) of Dor¬
chester.
Child :
iv. Ann Morgan, b. 5 April 1750.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.
72. Susanna0 Capen (Edward,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Dorchester 16 April 1741 and died
there 7 Mar. 1767. She married in Dorchester 11
Dec. 1760 Lemuel Clapp, who was born in Dor¬
chester 9 April 1735 and died there 29 Dec. 1819.
He was son of Ebenezer and Hannah (Pierce)
Clapp.
Children born in Dorchester :
i. Susanna Clapp, b. 2 Nov. 1761; d. 10 Dec. 1761.
ii. Lemuel Clapp, b. 5 Aug. 1763; d. 5 Apr. 1783.
iii. Edward Clapp, b. 23 Jan. 1765; d. 16 Dec. 1790.
iv. Child Clapp, b. 5 Mar. 1767 (Stillborn).
Lemuel Clapp married secondly, 3 Nov. 1768 Rebecca
Dexter of Dedham.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D. ; Clapp Genealogy.
74. John6 Capen (Edward,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Dorchester 23 May 1745 and died there 15
March 1829. He married 17 Dec. 1772 Patience
Davis of Roxbury. She was born 28 May 1754
and was daughter of Col. Aaron and Mary (Per¬
rin) Davis of Roxbury. Col. Aaron Davis was a
Col. in the American Revolution.
40
The Capen Family
Children born in Dorchester:
+147.
148.
+149.
+150.
151.
+152.
+153.
154.
+155.
156.
157.
i. Edward6 Capen, b. 19 Aug. 1775; m. Mary Tucker.
ii. Johnc Capen, b. 8 Feb. 1778; d. March 1778.
iii. John6 Capen, b. 9 April 1780; m. “Becky” Bird.
iv. Susanna6 Capen, b. 24 June 1782; m. Ebenezer Daven¬
port.
vi. Mary6 Capen, b. 5 Sept. 1784; d. 22 March 1806.
vi. Hannah6 Capen, b. 19 Sept. 1786; m. John Roulstone.
vii. Lemuel6 Capen, b. 25 Nov. 1788; m. Mary Ann Hunting.
viii. Patience6 Capen, b. 3 Apr. 1791; in. Abraham6 Capen.
(Edward,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John2, Bernard1 Capen.)
ix. Aaron6 Capen, b. 10 April 1796; m. Isannah White.
x. Lydia6 Capen, b. 20 Aug. 1798. ?
xi. Joel6 Capen, b. 25 Aug. 1799; m. Susan Kingsbury.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Colonial Families of Am.
VoL V, p. 163.
75. Patience6 Capen (Edward,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Dorchester 11 May 1747 and died
there 19 Feb. 1832 and was placed in Badlam tomb,
No. 251, in North Burying Ground Dorchester.
She married in Dorchester 1 Julv 1766 Col. Ezra
Badlam, who died in Dorchester 5 April 1788.
Children born in Dorchester:
i. Susannah Badlam, b. 10 May 1767.
ii. Rebeckaii Badlam, b. 5 Feb. 1769.
iii. Hannah Badlam, b. 11 Sept. 1770.
iv. Patience Badlam, b. 17 Aug. 1772.
v. Ezra Badlam, b. 11 Dec. 1773; d. v.
vi. Ezra Badlam, b. May 1775.
vii. Georoe Washington Badlam, b. 5 Dec. 1778.
viii. Edward Badlam, b. 13 Nov. 1781.
ix. William Badlam, b. 5 May 1784.
x. Betsee Badlam, b. 9 Dec. 1785; m. 8 Oct. 1805 Lemuel
Shepherd.
Authorities : Dorchester Births, Marriages and Deaths.
76. Mary6 Capen (Edward,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Dorchester 4 June 1750 and died in Quincy
11 Nov. 1813. She married in Dorchester 15 Oct.
1772 William Glover, who was born 1 Aug. 1731
The Capen Family
41
and died in Quincy 7 March 1797. He was son of
Thomas and Elizabeth (Clough) Glover. William
and Mary (Capen) Glover are buried in the “Old
Burying Ground’' in Quincy.
Children born in Dorchester:
i. William Glover, b. 9 Aug. 1775; d. 9 Aug. 1779.
ii. Edward Glover, b. 13 Mar. 1778; d. 26 May 1843 um.
iii. William Glover, b. 31 Oct.'1780; m. Mary Billings.
iv. Mary Glover, b. 12 Nov. 1784; d. 12 Nov. 1800.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D. ; The Glover Memorial.
77. Josiah6 Capen (Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Dorchester, baptized there 1 Nov. 1722. He
married in Dorchester 1 Jan. 1744 Charity Dwel-
ley, who was born in Dorchester 30 Jan. 172,5 1 6.
She was daughter of Samuel and Charity (Liscum)
Dwelley.
Children born first two in Dorchester, last three
in Braintree:
+158.
+159.
+160.
161.
162.
+163.
+164.
i. Samuel6 Capen, b. 21 Apr. 1746; m. Elizabeth Holmes.
ii. Josiah6 Capen, b. 7 June 1748; m. Mary Billings.
iii. Benjamin6 Capen, b. not recorded; m. Elizabeth Green¬
wood.
iv. David6 Capen, b. 8 Jan. 1752.
v. Jonathan6 Capen, b. 8 Jan. 1752.
vi. Charity6 Capen, b. 14 Sept. 1754; m. Henry Sanderson.
Two other children are placed in this family by Andrew
Tucker Capen in his “Alexander Capen’s Family” with
no authority or dates given.
vii. Lemuel6 Capen, b . ; m. Esther Clapp.
viii. Polly6 Capen, b.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Braintree Records; Thay¬
er’s Family Memorial; Mass. Genealogies p. 2156; “Alexander
Capen’s Family.”
78. Robert6 Capen (Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born 30 May 1724 and died in 1778. He married
in Dorchester 1 Nov. 1744 Jane Lyon who was
born 2 May 1721 and died 31 Dec. 1815. She was
42
The Capex Family
daughter of Peter and Waitstill (Wyatt) Lyon.
He was a soldier of the American Revolution, (a)
Children born, the first in Dorchester, the others
in Stoughton:
+165. i.
+166. ii.
167. iii.
168. iv.
169. v.
170. vi.
+171. vii.
+173. viii.
+174. i.\.
175. x.
Samuel’1 Capen, b. 20 Sept. 1745; m. Elizabeth With-
ington.
Lydia’ Capen, b. 27 Feb. 1 7+6 1 7 ; m. Silas Kenny.
RoberT Capen, b. 28 Feb. 1748-9; d. 9 Feb. 1749|50.
Robert Capen, b. 1 1 Aug. 1750; d. Aug. 1752.
Sarah6 Capen, b. 12 Apr. 1752 (sic. Stoughton Records);
d. 18 May 1755.
Robert Capen, b. 2 Aug. 1752 (sic. Stoughton Records).
Waitstill6 Capen, b. 25 Sept. 1753; m. Benjamin Felt.
Bethiah6 Capen, b. 19 Sept. 1756; m. Moses Hayden.
Andrew6 Capen, b. 22 Nov. 1757; ni. Hannah Richards.
Hannah6 Capen, b . 1759; m. Isaac Morton
30 Dec. 1781. He was son of Seth and Abigail (Paul)
Morton. He was b. 29 May 1760 and d. 18 Apr.
1805. She d. 1 Jan. 1811.
(a) This is the Robert6 Capen in whose house, in Stough¬
ton, William Billings* Sacred Music School met. See
No. 79.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D. ; Canton (Stoughton) Rec¬
ords; Mass. Genealogies p. 2156; Thayer’s Family Memorial.
79. Elizabeth5 Capen (Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John.3
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 24 Nov. 1722 and
died 14 Feb. 1803. She married in Stoughton 31
Oct. 1751 Johnson Tolman, who was born 26 April
1716 and died 30 Oct. 1796. He was son of Samuel3
(Thomas,3 Thomas1) and Experience (Clapp)
Tolman.
Children:
i. Elizabeth Tolman, b. 14 Oct. 1752; m. Ebenezer
Jones.
ii. Samuel Tolman (a), b. 13 Nov. 1754; m. Elizabeth
Hammond, widow of Nathaniel Hammond and daugh¬
ter of Moses Wales.
iii. Sarah Tolman, b. 17 July 1756; m. Ambrose Morton.
iv. Susanna Tolman, b. 1 June 1758; m. Thomas Pierce.
The Capen Family
43
v. Thomas Tolman, b. 20 Dec. 1759; m. (1) Esther Tol-
man, (2) Sarah Wales.
vi. Jane Tolman, b. 6 May 1762; m. Nathan Drake Jr.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Canton (Stoughton) Rec¬
ords; N. E. H. & G. Register XIV, 249 and 252.
(a) The following list of “scholars” was found among the papers
left by Samuel Tolman. These were the members of William Billings’
Sacred Music School, which was held in 1774 in the house of Robert3
(Samuel,4 Samuel/’ John,2 Bernard1) Capen in Stoughton near the
meeting house. Mr. Billings was a composer and teacher. N. E. H.
& G. Register XIV, 252.
Singers of Tenor
George Monk
John Wadsworth Jr.
Lazarus Pope
Dr. Peter Adams
Jacob French
Robert Swan Jr.
Joseph Wadsworth
Andrew Capen
Ruth Tilden
Abigail Jones
Elizabeth Tolman
Hannali Wadsworth
Abigail Wadsworth
Susanna Capen
Jerusha Dickerman
Mehitable Talbot
Esther Talbot
and the Fenno girls
Lydia Gay
Singers of Treble
Lucy Swan
Jerusha Pope
Patience Drake
Waitstill Capen
Hannah Holmes
Bethiah Capen
Eunice Holmes
Hannah Capen
Chloe Bird
Hannah Briggs
Keziah Bird
Mary French
Mary French
Mindwell Bird
Elizabeth Cummings
Rachel Capen
Irene Briggs
Sarah Tolman
Melatiah Swan
Singers of Counter
David Wadsworth
Theophilus Capen
Thomas Tolman
Isaac Morton
Eliphalet Johnson
Singers of Bass
Jonathan Belcher
Samuel Tolman
William Tilden
George Wadsworth
John Capen
80. Jonathan5 Capen (Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Dorchester 23 July 1724 and died
May or Aug. 1813. He married in Stoughton 20
Nov. 1746 Jerusha Talbot, who was born 6 Oct.
44
The Capen Family
1721 and died 8 Oct. 1817. She was daughter of
George2 (Peter1) and Mary (Turel) Talbot.
Children born in Stoughton:
+176. i.
177. ii.
+178. iii.
+179. iv.
180. v.
+181. vi.
+ 182. vii.
+183. viii.
Rebecca6 Capen, b. 3 July 1748; m. Elijah Wentworth.
Jerusha0 Capen, b. 16 May 1750; m. in Stoughton 29
Nov. 1770 Jacob Leonard of Easton. He was born
19 May 1744 and was son of Nathaniel and Mary
(Shepard) Leonard of Easton.
Jonathan6 Capen, b. 20 Sept. 1752; m. Hannah Glover.
John6 Capen, b. 24 Feb. 1755; m. Patience Drake.
Malatiah6 Capen, b. 10 Sept. 1757; m. 7 Feb. 1790
Joseph Porter Jr. son of Joseph and Elizabeth Porter.
He was born 10 June 1755 and died 20 May 1832.
She died 14 Jan. 1793.
Theophilus6 Capen, b. 5 June 1760; m. Rachel Lambert.
Eleanor6 Capen, b. 18 June 1763; m. David Wadsworth.
Azubah6 Capen, b. 20 Mar. 1766; m. David Clapp.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Canton (Stoughton) Rec¬
ords; N. E. H. & G. Register IX, 310; Colonial Families IV,
505; Mass. Genealogies p. 1589; Notes of Mattie B. Capen of
Stoughton (995).
81. Samuel5 Capen (Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Dorchester 27 March 1727 and died
in Stoughton 15 April 1801. He married in
Stoughton 18 March 1756 Sarah Bailey of Stough¬
ton, daughter of Edward Bailey. She died in
Stoughton 28 Apr. 1811 aged 75 years.
Children born in Stoughton:
184. i. Elisha6 Capen, b. 20 March 1757; d. 14 Jan. 1766.
185. ii. Rachel6 Capen, b. 11 Sept. 1759; d. 13 May 1846;
married in Stoughton 9 Dec. 1799 Col. Robert Swan,
who was born in Stoughton 3 June 1757 and died
there 24 May 1836. He was son of Robert and Rachel
(Draper) Swan.
+186. iii. William6 Capen, b. 13 June 1763; m. Rebecca Swan.
+187. iv. Elisha6 Capen, b. 5 May 1768; m. “Mille” Gay.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D. ; Canton (Stoughton) Rec¬
ords.
The Capen Family
45
83. Edward5 Capex (Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Dorchester 25 April 1731 and died
in Stoughton 8 June 1819. He was published in
Stoughton 3 Dec. 1755 to Susanna Clapp, who was
born in Dorchester 30 Jan. 1732 and died in
Stoughton 5 Jan. 1786. She was daughter of Ben¬
jamin and Hannah (Baker) Clapp.
Children probably all borji in Stoughton but not
all recorded there:
+188. i. James6 Capen, b. 13 Dec. 1756; m. Elizabeth Cummings.
189. ii. Hannah6 Capen, b.
+190. iii. Susanna6 Capen, b. 15 Mar. 1760; m. John Wales.
+191. iv. Edward6 Capen, b. 12 Apr. 1762; m. Eunice Monk.
+192. v. Lemuel6 Capen, b. 22 Oct. 1764; m. Michal Thayer.
+193. vi. Uriah0 Capen, b. 24* May 1767; m. Eunice Packard.
+194. vii. Jane6 Capen, b. 10 Sept. 1769; m. Howard Packard.
+195. viii. Benjamin6 Capen, b. 13 Sept. 1772; m. Azubah Morton,
widow of Nathaniel Morton and daughter of Timothy
and Amity (Holmes) Gay. She was born 13 Sept.
1774.
+196. ix. Abraham6 Capen, b. 1 June 1774; m. Rachel Atherton.
197. x. Sarah6 Capen, b. 1 June 1774; m. Jesse Smith Jr.
+198. xi. Joseph6 Capen, b. 13 Oct. 1778; m. Lydia Merriam
(Merion). She m. secondly, Samuel3 (John,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) Capen.
Edward3 Capen married secondly, 24 Oct. 1786 Eliza¬
beth Paul of Dedham. She was daughter of Sam¬
uel and Abigail (Withington) Paul and was born
20 Aug. 1740 and died in Stoughton 20 Nov. 1826.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Canton (Stoughton) Rec¬
ords; Clapp Genealogy; N. E. H. & G. Register XXXIII,
p. 54; Thayer’s Family Memorial; Notes from Mattie B.
Capen (995).
85. Jane5 Capex ( ? Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Dorchester 14 Oct. 1739 and died 9 March
1826. She married in Dorchester 25 Sept. 1777
Capt. Abraham Wheeler, who was born in Boston
17 Dec. 1735 and died in Dorchester 20 June 1778,
of small-pox, in less than a year after their mar-
46
The Capex Family
riage. He was son of Samuel and Sarah (Hough)
Wheeler. She was his second wife.
There is little to prove the identity of this Jane Capen.
The Wheeler Genealogy, p. 483 says: Abraham
Wheeler b. 17 Dec. 1735 son of Samuel and Sarah
(Hough) Wheeler m. 25 Sept. 1777 Mrs. Jane
Capen. He was of Dorchester. The “Mrs.” in this
case need not signify she was a widow, for her age
(37) at time of marriage would warrant calling
her “mistress,” a term of respect. Another record
purporting to be from her gravestone says: Jane
Capen daughter of Jonathan and Jane Capen m.
. Baker. She was b. 14 Oct. 1739, died 9
March 1826 aet 86. She could have married a sec¬
ond time as she was only 38 when Capt. Wheeler
died.
Children: No records found.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Boston Births 1700+;
Wheeler Genealogy.
86. Abigail Capen (John,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Dorchester 18 Dec. 1758 and died there 8
March 1836. She married in Dorchester 25 Nov.
1777 Thomas Phillips.
Children born in Dorchester:
i. Susanna Capen Phillips, b. 8 Jan. 1779.
ii. Lydia Phillips, b. 3 Novr. 1780.
Authority : Dorchester B. M. D.
88. Samuel6 Capen (John,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Dorchester 31 Dec. 1762 and died there 7
April 1830. He was called Dea. Samuel. He mar¬
ried in Dorchester 26 Sept. 1819 Lydia (Merriam)
Capen, widow of Joseph6 Capen. Her maiden
name sometimes given on the records as Merion.
Child born in Dorchester:
+199. i. Samuel John6 Capen, b. 20 Aug. 1820; m. Caroline
The Capen Family
47
Baxter of Quincy 28 Dec. 1843. She was born 18
Oct. 1823. He died 7 April 1877. She died 15 Mar
1892.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Probate Records sent by
Milton S. Capen (728).
95. James6 Capex (James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Charlestown 4 Feb. 1709 j 10 and was buried
17 June 1762. He married 25 Nov. 1731 Sarah
Pinson, who was baptized iu Charlestown 19 Sept.
1714. She was daughter of William2 (Edmund1)
and Sarah (Dowse) Pinson. James5 Capen was a
ship -joiner. He was admitted to the church in
Charlestown 13 March 1736|7. His widow Sarah
Capen, aged 63 years, received “war aid” at Read¬
ing in 1775.
Children born in Charlestown:
+200. i. Sarah6 Capen, b. June 1734; m. Samuel Reed Jr.
+201. ii. James6 Capen, b. 29 Aug. 1736; m. Elizabeth Bridges.
+202. iii. Thomas6 Capen, bapt. 19 Aug. 1739; m. Mary Wyman.
+203. iv. Mary6 Capen, bapt. 27 Sept. 1741 ; m. John Edmands.
204. v. Abigail6 Capen, bapt. 27 Sept. 1741.
+205. vi. William6 Capen, bapt. 14 Oct. 1744; m. Martha Good¬
win.
Authorities : Charlestown Genealogies.
96. Hannah5 Capen (James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Charlestown 24 Feb. 1711 1 12 and died in
Boston Jan. 1792. She married in Boston 12 Nov.
1730 John3 Fenno, who was born in Boston 12 May
1707 and died there 9 Dec. 1790. He was son of
Ephraim2 and Elizabeth (Smith) Fenno. In his
will dated 28 April 1788 John Fenno is called a
leather dresser. His house was on the east side of
Newbury St., Boston and was valued at £200.
Children born in Boston:
i. John Fenno, b. 4 May 1732.
ii. Ephraim Fenno, b. 15 June 1734. It is evidently this
Ephraim Fenno, who was Captain-Lieutenant in Col.
48
The Capen Family
Lamb’s Artillery in the Continental Army 1 Jan. 1777
to 31 Dec. 1779. He was reported a prisoner at New
York 17 Jan. 1780.
iii. Hannah Fenno, b. 4 Feb. 1 735 16 ; d. 28 Feb. 1754.
iv. James Fenno, b. 31 May 1741; d. 20 Jan. 1754.
v. William Fenno, b. 4 May 1744; d. 1744.
vi. Samuel Fenno, b. 1 July 1745.
vii. Elizabeth Fenno, b. 8 July 1747; d. 1747.
viii. Thomas Fenno, b. 19 June 1749; d. 1749.
ix. William Fenno, b. 19 Dec. 1750. This is probably the
William Fenno who m. in Boston 31 Mar. 1774 Abigail
Hall. He was evidently a Revolutionary Soldier. He
mt •»
d. about 30 Oct. 1793 leaving two children Elizabeth
and William.
x. Elizabeth Fenno, b. 13 Aug. 1752; d. 1753.
Authoritir *: Charlestown Genealogies; Boston B. M. D. 1700+;
N. E. H. & G. Register LI I, p. 452.
106. Ebexezer Capen (Preserved,4 Preserved,3 John,3
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 15 April 1716, died
probably in West Bridgewater 4 Jan. 1787. He
married in Dorchester 0 Nov. 1736 Elizabeth
Leeds, who was horn in Dorchester 29 July 1716
and died in West Bridgewater 13 Nov. 1760. She
was daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Wales)
Leeds. He settled in Stoughton, in that part
called Stoughtonham, now Sharon, between 1740
and 1745.
206.
+207.
208.
209.
+210.
+211.
212.
+213.
+214.
Children, first three born in Dorchester, the other
eight recorded in West Bridgewater, some of the
eight baptized in Sharon:
Anna6 Capen, b. 24 Feb. 1 7 3 6 1 7 ; m. Simon Tupper.
Nathaniel6 Capen, b. 11 Jan. 1 738 1 9 ; d. 1765; m.
Lusanna Swift.
Elizabeth*’ Capen, b. 7 May 1741; d. 15 June 1760.
Ebenezer6 Capen, b. 9 July 1743; d. 5 July 1755.
Ezekiel6 Capen, b. 28 July 1745; m. Mary Cummings.
Lemuel6 Capen, b. 6 Dec. 1747; m. Mary Hixon.
Susannah6 Capen, b. 18 Feb. 1750; d. 2 Mar. 1750.
Susannah6 Capen, b. 18 Sept. 1751; m. Oliver Everett.
Samuel6 Capen, b. 17 Nov. 1754; m. Chloe Pitcher.
i.
• •
li.
• • •
in.
iv.
V.
vi.
• •
VII.
• • •
VIII.
ix.
The Capen Family
49
Ebenezer6 Capen married secondly, in Dedham 13
Oct. 1763 Abigail Kingsbury, who was born 12
Sept. 1729 and died in West Bridgewater 13 Sept.
1769. She was daughter of Jeremiah and Rest
(White) Kingsbury.
Child born in Sharon:
+215. x. Nathaniel6 Capen, b. 20 Jan. 1766; m. Submit Bullard.
This child is recorded in Sharon as son of Ebenezer
and Abigail Capen and was born after death of the
first Nathaniel.
Ebenezer6 Capen married thirdly, in Stoughton 5 or
25 Dec. 1771 Mrs. Jerusha Leonard. She was
daughter of Charles and Bertha (Fenno) Went¬
worth. She was born 4 June 1734. She married
first, John Fenno, secondly, Nathaniel Leonard
and, thirdly, Ebenezer Capen. She died in West
Bridgewater 1 April 1816.
Children born in West Bridgewater:
+216. xi. Oliver6 Capen, b. 20 May 1773; m. Mary Morse.
+217. xii. William6 Capen, b. 9 July 1775; m. Irene Bullard.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Sharon Vital Records;
West Bridgewater Vital Records; Wentworth Genealogy.
108. David5 Capen (Preserved,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Dorchester 3 April 1720 and died
in Stoughton 2 July 1790. He married in Dor¬
chester 18 Sept. 1746 Relief Evans, who was born
in Dorchester 8 Jan. 1716. She was daughter of
Matthias and Silence (Whitington) Evans. David
Capen settled in Stoughton.
Children born in Stoughton:
218. i. David6 Capen, b. 28 July 1747.
219. ii. Thomas6 Capen, b. 30 July 1748.
220. iii. David6 Capen, b. 7 Jan. 1749|50.
221. iv. Susannah6 Capen, b. 19 Apr. 1751.
+222. v. Sarah6 Capen, b. 22 Oct. 1753; m. 19 May 1772 James
Pope, son of Ralph and Rebecca (Stubbs) Pope. He
was born 31 July 1746.
50
The Capen Family
224. i.
225. ii.
+226. iii.
223. vi. “Molle”6 Capen, b. 10 May 1755.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D. ; Canton (Stoughton) Rec¬
ords; Thayer’s Family Memorial; The Pope Family.
111. Elijah5 Capex (Preserved,4 Preserved,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 6 June 1724. He
married first, in Sharon 2 Sept. 1743 Elizabeth
Bird, who was born in Dorchester 15 Aug. 1716
and died in Sharon 10 Feb. 1787. She was daughter
of Samuel and Sarah (Clap) Bird.
Children born in Stoughton:
Elijah6 Capen, b. 25 June 1744; d. 5 Sept. 1744.
Damaris6 Capen, b. 26 June 1745; d. 28 June 1769 in
Sharon.
Mary' Capen, b. 8 March 1 746 ] 7 ; m. Edward Everett.
+227. iv. Elijah6 Capen, b. 5 June 1749; m. Elizabeth Belcher.
228. v. Sarah6 Capen, bapt. 1 Sept. 1751.
229. vi. Sarah6 Capen, b. 8 Feb. 1753; m. Joseph Pratt 15 Sept.
1774. He was son of Josiah and Abigail Pratt and
was born 1 April 1749. She died 19 Dec. 1833.
+230. vii. Samuel6 Capen, b. 20 May 1757; m. Sarah “Savels.”
231. viii. Eunice6 (Unis) Capen, “daughter of Elizabeth,” bapt.
in Sharon 4 March 1759.
Elijah Capen married secondly, 22 May 1789 in
Sharon, Mercy or Marcy Johnson. Mercy, widow
of Elijah Capen, died 16 July 1829.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D. ; Sharon Vital Records;
Thayer’s Family Memorial.
113. Ruth5 Capex (John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Dorchester 16 March 1723 1 4. She married
in Braintree 17 Jan. 1741 2 Benjamin Thayer who
was son of John and . (French) Thayer
and was born 11 Jan. 1719120 and died Oct. 1807.
She died about 1790.
Children (some recorded in Braintree) :
i. Ruth Thayer, b. 16 Nov. 1742.
ii. Elizabeth Thayer, b. 2 Mar. 1743.
iii. Phere Thayer, b. 9 Mar. 1745.
The Capen Family
51
iv. Benjamin Thayer, b. 24 June 1746 in Braintree.
v. Susannah Thayer, b. 30 Apr. 1747 in Braintree.
vi. Benjamin Thayer, b.
vii. Benjamin Thayer, b.
viii. Timothy Thayer, b. 1755.
ix. Levi Thayer, b. 11 Mar. 1757.
x. Benjamin Thayer, b.
xi. Lewis Thayer, b.
xii. Lewis Thayer, b.
xiii. Phebe Thayer, b.
These names and dates are part from Thayer Gene¬
alogy and part from Braintree Records. Thayer’s
Family Memorial mentions another Ruth and an¬
other Benjamin. This list is far from correct. All
but three of the children are said to have died
young.
Benjamin Thayer married secondly, 24 Dec. 1794
Bethiah Thayer, bapt. 4 Nov. 1734; d. 1816. She
was daughter of Naphtali and Bathsheba (Bass)
Thayer. No children.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Thayer Genealogy; Thayer’s
Family Memorial.
114. Sarah6 Capen (John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Dorchester 21 July 1725. She married
(intentions in Stoughton 17 July 1742) Nathaniel
Moseley, who was born in Dorchester 4 Dec. 1715.
j He was son of Ebenezer and Hannah Moseley of
Dorchester. They lived for a while in Stoughton
and then removed to Pomfret, Conn.
Children :
i. Nathaniel Moseley, b. 22 Dec. 1743 in Stoughton.
ii. Flavel Moseley, b.
iii. Joseph Moseley, b.
iv. Thomas Moseley, b.
v. Uriel Moseley, b.
vi. Elisha Moseley, b.
vii. Hannah Moseley, b. 20-31 July 1746; m. in Hampton,
Conn., 4 Sept. 1766 Holland Weeks, b. in Pomfret,
52
The Capen Family
Conn., 19 Jan. 1743|4, son of Ebenezer and Sarah
(Leadbetter) Weeks of Dorchester. They removed in
1782 to Litchfield, Conn., and in 1788 to Salisbury, Vt.
He d. 22 Nov. 1812. She d. 1 Mar. 1814. 11 children.
viii. Beulah Moseley, b.
ix. Sarah Moseley, b.
x. Betsey Moseley, b.
and others.
Authorities : Dorchester 13. M. D.; Canton (Stoughton) Rec¬
ords; Thayer’s Family Memorial; Weeks or Wicks Genealogy.
115. Esther" Capen (John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Dorchester 5 April 1727. She mar¬
ried Benjamin Ludden of Braintree. He was son
of Jesse and Dorathy Ludden of Braintree and was
born in Braintree 24 Nov. 1719.
Children born in Braintree:
i. Esther Ludden, b. 1746; probably d. y.
ii. Anna Ludden, b. 23 Feb. 1748; m. Sands Niles about
1780 and settled in Fairlee, Vt.
iii. Asa Ludden, b. 8 Feb. 1750; m. Deliverance Paine and
settled in Williamsburg.
iv. Esther Ludden, b. 9 Aug. 1752; m . Brown and
settled in New Hampshire.
v. Eli Ludden, b. 3 June 1753; d. Aug. 1775.
vi. Daniel Ludden, b. 3 May 1755, probably d. y.
vii. Benjamin (“Bezer?”) Ludden, b. 25 Aug. 1758; m.
and settled in Chesterfield.
viii. Daniel Ludden, b. 6 Sept. 1759.
ix. Ruth Ludden, b. 3 July 1761; m . Diamond and
died at 22 years.
x. Eunice Ludden, b. 29 April 1763; d. 15 Feb. 1766.
xi. Milcah Ludden, b. 7 April 1765; m. first Brown, sec¬
ondly Gates and settled in New York.
xii. Eunice Ludden, b. 26 April 1767; m. Ralph Southworth,
had 3 children.
xiii. Elisha Ludden, b. 10 March 1773; m . Strong,
had 3 children.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Braintree Town Records;
Thayer’s Family Memorial.
116. Nathaniel6 Capen (John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Dorchester 19 June 1728 and died
The Capen Family
53
in Braintree 27 April 1806 “of old age,” aged 77
years. He married in Braintree 4 April 1757 De¬
borah Curtis, who was born in Braintree 22 Nov.
1730 and died there 7 Aug. 1797. She was daugh¬
ter of Samuel and Grace ( ) Curtis.
Children born in Braintree:
232. i.
233. ii.
234. iii.
235. iv.
236. v.
237. vi.
+238. vii.
Phebe6 Capen, b. 25 July 1758.
Rhoda6 Capen, b. 21 Mar. 1761; d. 18 Feb. 1840 in
Braintree. She m. Levi Wild of Braintree. He was
son of Randall and Jerusha (Thayer) Wild and was
b. in Braintree 23 Aug. 1758. They had no children.
He was a soldier of the Revolution.
John6 Capen, b. 7 Aug. 1762; d. 28 May 1763.
John6 Capen, b. 2 May 1764; d. 31 Dec. 1766.
Nathaniel6 Capen, b. 18 Dec. 1765.
Deborah6 Capen, b. about 1767; d. 6 Sept. 1806 in
Braintree.
Samuel6 Capen, b. 17 Apr. 1769; m. Alice Adams.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Braintree Town Records;
Old Braintree and Quincy; Thayer’s Family Memorial; Notes
sent by Carroll Adams Capen ( 1 121 ) .
117. Christopher5 Capen (John,4 Preserved,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 20 April 1730 and
died in Stoughton 20 Oct. 1809. He married Abi¬
gail Thayer, who was born in Braintree 26 Oct.
1733 and died in Stoughton 16 April 1816. She
was daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Faxon)
Thayer.
Children recorded in Canton (Stoughton) ex¬
cept first two:
+239. i.
240. ii.
241. iii.
+242. iv.
243. v.
244. vi.
245. vii.
246. viii.
Mehitable6 Capen, b. 20 May 1755; m. David Talbot.
Abigail6 Capen, b. 16 Oct. 1756; m. Robert Bancroft.
Joseph6 Capen, b. 13 May 1758; d. 22 Oct. 1768.
Samuel6 Capen, b. 20 Nov. 1760; m. Miriam Childs.
Christopher6 Capen, b. 18 Oct. 1762; d. 8 Oct. 1792.
Sarah6 Capen, b. 31 Jan. 1765; d. 27 Nov. 1792.
Oliver6 Capen, b. 31 Aug. 1766; d. 7 Apr. 1767.
Oliver6 Capen, b. 18 Apr. 1768; d. 23 Apr. 1771.
54
The Capen Family
+247. ix. Anna6 Capen, b. 7 Sept. 1770; m. Samuel Clapp.
+248. x. Joseph6 Capen, b. 23 Aug. 1772; m. Elizabeth Williams.
249. xi. Jabez6 Capen, b. 24 Feb. 1774; d. 2 Jan. 1779.
+250. xii. Ephraim6 Capen, b. 28 Dec. 1777; m. Millie Billings.
+251. xiii. Jabez6 Capen, b. 9 May 1780; m. Mary Wood.
252. xiv. William6 Capen, b. 23 June 1788.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Braintree Town Records;
Canton (Stoughton) Vital Records; Thayer’s Family Mem¬
orial.
119. John6 Capen (John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Braintree 9 May 1734. He married 15
Dec. 1763 Mary Williams of Dorchester, who was
born there 7 Feb. 1741 1 2 and died there 19 May
1790. She was daughter of Zebadiah and Sarah
( ) Williams.
Children born in Dorchester:
253. i. Mary6 Capen, b. 3 Mar. 1765.
254. ii. Thomas6 Capen, b. 4 June 1767. ?
255. iii. Elizabeth6 Capen, b. 3 July 1768; m. William Hobart.
256. iv. Esther6 Capen, b. 28 Feb. 1772; d. 29 June 1773.
257. v. Esther6 Capen, b. 14 Mar. 1774.
258. vi. Susannah6 Capen, b. 10 Sept. 1775.
+259. vii. John6 Capen, b. 26 Nov. 1776; m. Margaret (Carpenter)
Fales.
+260. viii. Sarah6 Capen, b. 4 Sept. 1780; m. Joseph Ford.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Thayer’s Family Memorial,
p. 47.
120. Anna5 Capen (John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Braintree 20 May 1737 and died there 15
Oct. 1808. She married in Braintree 3 Jan. 1779
Ephraim Blanchard, who was born in Braintree 18
Mar. 1724 1 5 and died there 3 April 1797. He was
son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Thayer) Blanch¬
ard. She was Ephraim Blanchard’s second wife.
His first wife was Polly Hall.
Child born in Braintree:
i. Joseph Blanchard, b. 16 Feb. 1781.
The Capen Family
55
A child of Ephraim and Polly (Hall) Blanchard, Eph¬
raim Blanchard m. Sarah Hayden.
Authorities : Braintree Town Records; Thayer’s Family Mem¬
orial.
122. Ephraim5 Capen (John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Braintree 24 March 1745, and died
probably in Mansfield, Conn., about 1820. He mar¬
ried in Weymouth 16 July 1778 Dorothy Thayer,
who was born in Weymouth 14 March 1752. She
was daughter of Obadiah and Dorothy (Hollis)
Thayer. He settled in Dorchester but later re¬
moved to Mansfield, Conn.
Children :
261. i. Sally6 Capen, b. Dorchester 2 July 1779; d. Mansfield,
Conn., 17 Aug. 1794.
262. ii. Phebe6 Capen.
+263. iii. Philip Ruggles6 Capen, b. Mansfield, Conn., 23 Aug.
1794; m. Julia Fenton.
Perhaps others.
Authorities: Braintree Town Records; Weymouth Vital Rec¬
ords; Dorchester B. M. D.; Mansfield, Conn., Vital Records.
Siocth Generation
128. Ann6 Capen (Samuel,5, Samuel4 John,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 11 Nov. 1724. She
married in Leicester 8 Dec. 1741 Jacob Prouty,
who was born in Scituate 11 Mar. 1711 1 12 and died
in Spencer 24 Nov. 1789. He was son of Isaac2
(Richard1) and Elizabeth (Merritt) Prouty.
Children, first one recorded in Leicester, the
others in Spencer:
i. Deborah Prouty, b. 19 Oct. 1742; m. John Bisco 10
May 1764.
ii. Phebe Prouty, b. 23 July 1744; m. Peter Herwood 25
May 1763.
56
The Capen Family
iii. Lydia Prouty, b. 4 June 1747; m. Silas Stevens 20 June
1765.
iv. Ann Prouty, b. 12 Nov. 1748; m. Amos Munroe 1 Dec.
1768.
v. Samuel Prouty, b. 19 Jan. 1749|50; m. Miriam Stevens
of Shrewsbury.
vi. Jacob Prouty, b. 11 Apr. 1752; m. Rachel Eddy 29
Sept. 1774.
vii. Hannah Prouty, b. 15 Aug. 1754; m. Charles D. Rouse
(Ruso) 19 Aug. 1794.
viii. Caleb Prouty, b. 7 Sept. 1756; m. Resign Hatch 26
Feb. 1795.
ix. Lucy Prouty, bapt. 12 Sept. 1756, died soon.
x. Joshua Prouty, b. 18 May 1759; m. Molly Muzzy 8
Nov. 1781.
xi. Nathan Prouty, b. 22 Oct. 1761; m. Patience Converse
30 Sept. 1784.
xii. Mercy Prouty, b. 14 Sept. 1763; m. Buckminster
White 8 Apr. 1784.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Leicester Vital Records;
Spencer Vital Records; Prouty Genealogy.
129. Timothy6 Capen (Samuel,6 Samuel,4 John,3 John,*
Bernard1) horn in Dorchester 3 Feb. 1725|6 and
died in Spencer 13 Oct. 1804. He was married in
Leicester 2 April 1751 to Mary Merritt, who died
31 March 1814.
Children born in Spencer:
264. i.
265. ii.
+266. iii.
267. iv.
+268. v.
269. vi.
+270. vii.
Timothy' Capen, b. 8 Aug. 1752; d. in Spencer 30 May
1834. He had a wife Hannah who d. in Spencer 12
July 1827. He was a soldier of the Revolution.
Elizabeth' Capen, b. Oct. 1754; m. in Brookfield 3
Dec. 1773 Moses Woods.
Mary7 Capen, b. 1 June 1756; m. in Brookfield 2 May
1776 Oliver Hinds of Brookfield.
Hannah7 Capen, b. 2 Nov. 1758; m. 7 Dec. 1780 David
Williams.
Abijah7 Capen, b. 23 Sept. 1762. See page 258.
Deborah Capen, b. 14 Jan. 1764; d. 2 Nov. 1846 urn..
Patience7 Capen, b. 3 May 1766; m. Ichabod Sylvester.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Spencer Vital Records.
The Capen Family
57
131. James6 Capen (Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 25 Dec. 1728 and
died in Spencer 14 June 1807. He married first, in
Spencer 28 Nov. 1758 Elizabeth Prouty, who was
born in Scituate 27 Dec. 1724. She was daughter
of Isaac and Elizabeth (Merritt) Prouty.
Children born in Spencer:
•S'
271. i. Lydia7 Capen, b. 16 Aug. 1759.
272. ii. Ruth7 Capen, b. 1 Mar. 1761.
+273. iii. James7 Capen, b. 3 Aug. 1762; m. Susannah Drury.
James6 Capen married, a second time, in Spencer,
30 Dec. 1762 Sarah Sawin and possibly had chil¬
dren; but none are recorded in Spencer, nor is the
death of either of his wives recorded there.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D. ; Spencer Vital Records;
Prouty Genealogy.
137. John6 Capen (Samuel,0 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Leicester 1 Mar. or 1 May
1737. He married in Palmer Sarah Riche.
It is said by Charles L. Capen in his pamphlet,
“Descendants of John Capen, 1765-1849, and
Rhoda Thompson” that John6 Capen with his two
brothers Abijah6 and Edmund6 removed to Wind¬
sor, Vt., prior to 1765. He seems to be in doubt
as to whether John7 who married Rhoda Thompson
was son of John6 or Abijah,6 but favors John,6
so it is thus given here.
Child:
+274. i. John7 Capen, b. Windsor, Vt., 31 May 1765; m. 5 June
1794 Rhoda Thompson.
Authorities : “Descendants of John Capen and Rhoda Thomp¬
son” by Charles L. Capen, Bloomington, Ill.; Leicester Vital
Records; Palmer Vital Records.
142. Purchase6 Capen (Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2
Bernard,1) born in Spencer 29 Sept. 1746 and died,
58
The Capen Family
probably in Belchertown, where he spent the last
portion of his life, 26 May 1827. He married in
Simsbury, Conn., 18 Dec. 1776 Theodosia Hol¬
comb, who was born in Simsbury, Conn., 1 Aug.
1753 and died in Belchertown 4 Jan. 1843. She
was daughter of Nathaniel and Margaret (Cos-
sett) Holcomb.
Children :
+275. i.
276. ii.
277. iii.
+278. iv.
279. v.
+280. vi.
281. vii.
282. viii.
283. ix.
+284. x.
Purchase' Capen, b. 3 May 1777; d. 26 May 1828; m.
1805 Polly Jenks of Belchertown.
Samuel' Capen, b. 25 June 1779; d. 9 Jan. 1814; in.
and had Edmund,8 Caroline,8 and Dwight.8
David Capen, b. 12 Apr. 1781. “Went west and was
never heard from,” so says No. 797.
Edmund Capen, b. 26 Oct. 1782; m. Susanna Browne.
Abijah' Capen, b. 28 Sept. 1784; d. 19 May 1858, um.
Theodosia Capen, b. 12 Aug. 1786; m. 10 June 1815
John Fuller.
Zopher' Capen, b. 1 Nov. 1789; d. 3 May 1816.
Polly7 Capen, b. 9 July 1792; d. 2 Mar. 1852, um.
Susan' Capen, b. 30 Oct. 1793; d. y.
Sylvester Capen, b. 26 Apr. 1797; m. Lydia Plumley.
Purchase Capen served, in some capacity, in the
“Newgate” prison; for, on one occasion, he received
.£18, 16s., 5d., for services there. In 1773 the aban¬
doned copper mine, at Simsbury, Conn., was pur¬
chased by Conn., for a prison and named “New¬
gate,” after the British prison. It was, doubtless,
the worst prison in the country at the time, and
was one of the earliest. “The only entrance was a
shaft down which, all, overseers, guards and prison¬
ers, alike, had to pass to enter the intensely dark
caverns, which were wet with the water dripping
from the roof and oozing from the sides.” It is
said, however, that prisoners were seldom sick there,
doubtless because they so soon found a way of
escape.
The Capen Family
59
A grandson of Purchase Capen, Edmund 8 (Ed¬
mund,7 Purchase6) writing, to his mother, Susanna
(Browne) Capen, from Belchertown 25 Jan. 1842,
gives information gained from a recent conversa¬
tion with his grandmother, Theodosia (Holcomb)
Capen, widow of Purchase, concerning his grand¬
father’s connection with Newgate Prison. He says
in part, “Grandfather was there before she was
married to him and remained there after she was
married to him, which was Dec. 18, 1776, at Turkey
Hill, a part of Simsbury. While connected with the
prison he had several narrow escapes. At one time
the prisoners knocked him down, as well as the
guard, and bound them both together, and some
were about killing him and had raised a club for
that purpose, but some of the prisoners interfered
and saved his life. At that time, the prisoners all
escaped and, she thinks, never were taken.” “He
remained there sometime after this, and being
given a permit to go away for a few days, at a time
when there were no prisoners present, he left in¬
structions not to accept any prisoners in his ab¬
sence. His orders were disobeyed and two prison¬
ers were admitted, who burned down the prison
the first night. After that he had nothing to do
with it.” This letter is still in the possession of the
family.
Authorities : Spencer Vital Records; Simsbury, Conn., Vital
Records; History Simsbury, Granby, and Canton; Col. Rec¬
ords of Conn. Vol. XV; A Conn. Newgate; In Old Conn., by
Chas. B. Todd; Private records in possession of daughter of
558; Letters from 797.
144. Barnard6 Capen (John,6 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 13 Mar. 1728 1 9 and
died there 8 April 1796. He married 2 Jan. 1752
Hannah White, who was born in Dorchester 1 Feb.
1734 1 5 and died there 9 Dec. 1779. She was daugh-
60
The Capen Family
ter of John and Hannah (Dyer?, Moseley?) White
of Dorchester.
285.
i.
+286. ii.
287. iii.
+288. iv.
289. v.
+290. vi.
+291. vii.
293. viii
294. ix.
+295. x.
296. xi.
297. xii.
Children born in Dorchester :
John' Capen, b. 20 Dec. 1752; d. 9 Oct. 1826, according
to gravestone in “Old North Burying Ground” Dor¬
chester, “Erected | to the memory of | Mr. John
Capen Jr. | who died Oct. 9, 1826 | JET 74. |
Ebenezer1 Capen, b. 6 Mar. 1754; m. Mercy Holden.
Barnard1 Capen, b. 8 Mar. 1756; d. 16 June 1757.
Elizabeth' Capen, b. 29 Apr. 1758; m. Dea. James
Humphrey.
Hannah7 Capen, b. 16 Mar. 1760; d. 23 Oct. 1760.
Sarah' Capen, b. 9 Oct. 1761; m. John Foster.
Hannah' Capen, b. 28 Sept. 1763; m. Job Howard.
. Barnard Capen, b. 6 July 1765; d. 9 July 1766.
Barnard' Capen, b. 4 June 1767; d. 26 Mar. 1771.
Ann1 Capen, b. 2 Mar. 1770; m. John Tolman Jr.
Lois7 Capen, b. 28 May 1772; d. 16 Aug. 1772.
Lemuel7 Capen, b. 13* May 1775; d. 17 Sept. 1775.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Vinton Memorial; Grave¬
stone in “Old North Burying Ground,” Dorchester.
145. Hopestili/ Capen (John,0 Samuel,4 John,3 John,3
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 4 March 1730 1 and
died in Boston 2 March 1807. His funeral took
place from the residence of his son Thomas at 48
Hanover St. His gravestone in Copps Hill reads:
“Erected | to the memory of | Mr. Hopestili
Capen | who died March 2 1807 | Aged 76 years |”
The “Boston Transcript” of Mar. 4, 1912, quotes
from the “Boston Gazette” of Thursday Mar. 5,
1807, under “deaths,” the following: “In this town,
on Monday morning, Mr. Hopestili Capen aged
76. Funeral this afternoon, at 4 o’clock, weather
permitting, from his son’s house No. 48 Hanover
St. The relatives and friends are requested to at¬
tend without more formal invitation.” (Thomas
Capen is named, in Boston Directory of 1807, as
living at 48 Hanover St. which is the address of
Hopestill Capen's Residence and Shop
Ifl and Ifd Union St., Boston. Built before 1760. Xow (1928) and for more
than one hundred years used as “Ye Old Oyster House.’’
The Capen Family
61
son from whose house Hopestill’s funeral took
place.)
He may have been the Hopestill Capen who mar¬
ried, in Boston, 1 Nov. 1753 Eliza Cunningham.
Later he married, in Boston, 12 June 1760 Pa¬
tience Stoddard, who was born in Boston 24 Feb.
1733 1 4 and died there 19 Jan. 1791. She was
daughter of Thomas and Tabitha (Hodgdon)
Stoddard.
Hopestill Capen’s residence, in Boston, was at what
is now 41 and 43 Union St. In this building he
also had his drygoods shop. In 1769 Benjamin
Thompson of Woburn, who later became “Count
Rumford,” was an apprentice in this shop. In this
building from 1771 to the beginning of the Revolu¬
tion was printed the “Massachusetts Spy.” Tho¬
mas Capen7 succeeded his father in the business un¬
til his death in 1819. In 1826 an “Oyster House”
was established here. It was first called “Atwood’s
Oyster House” and now, 1928, “Union Oyster
House.” For more than 100 years an Oyster
House has been in existence here. The oldest
known date connected with the building is 1769.
Hopestill Capen was made a member of the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Co. in 1763. He was
fenceviewer in 1764, warden 1768, and scavenger
in 1770. In religion he was a Sandermanian.
Children, some recorded in Boston, probably all
born there:
298. i. Thomas Stoddard7 Capen, d. Boston “21 Dec. 1761,
aged 3 mos.” (Gravestone, Copps Hill.)
298a. ii. John7 Capen, “the second son,” b. about 1762, d. “19
Feb. 1770, aged 7 years.” (Gravestone, Copps Hill.)
+299. iii. Thomas7 Capen, b. about 1763; d. “1819 aged 56 years.”
(Gravestone, Mt. Auburn Cemetery.)
+300. iv. Stoddard7 Capen, no record of b. or d. found, believed
to be son; m. Margaret Franklin Jennings.
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The Capen Family
301. v. Elizabeth' Capen, recorded in Boston 18 Jan. 1769; d.
13 Oct. 1773 called “Elizabeth the first,” aged 4 yrs.
6 mos. 27 dys.” (Gravestone, Copps Hill.)
302. vi. William7 Capen, b. 13 Jan. 1770; d. “14 Jan. 1770 aged
1 day.” (Gravestone Copps Hill.)
303. vii. John7 Capen, b. 25 Mar. 1771, recorded in Boston, d.
3 Sept. 1771, called “John the second," “aged 5 mos.
14 dys.” (Gravestone, Copps Hill.)
304. viii. John' Capen, b. 20 Oct. 1772, recorded in Boston; d.
10 Apr. 1773 called “John the third,” “aged 5 mos.
14 dys.” (Gravestone, Copps Hill.)
305. ix. Elizabeth* Capen, b. 15 Oct. 1774, recorded in Boston;
d. “7 Oct. 1775 aged 1 yr.” (Gravestone, Copps Hill.)
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Boston Births 1700+; Copps
Hill Epitaphs; Boston Directory 1807; “Boston Transcrip”
Mar. 4, 1912; “Boston Gazette” Mar. 5, 1807; Roll Book,
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Co. 116 & 117.
147. Deacon Edward6 Capen (John,5 Edward,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester 19 Aug. 1775
and died 19 Oct. 1860. He married in Dorchester
9 Mar. 1806 Mary Tucker of Milton. She was
born 5 Mar. 1787 in Milton and was daughter of
Amariah and Elizabeth (Badcock) Tucker.
Children, the first one born in Dorchester, the
others in Milton:
i. Edward Capen, b. 1 Feb. 1807; d. 20 May 1807 in
Milton.
ii. Amariah Edward Capen, b. 26 Feb. 1808.
iii. Charles Davis' Capen, b. 12 Oct. 1809.
iv. Ebenezer William Capen, b. 26 Nov. 1811; m. in Mil-
ton, 1 Jan. 1840 Caroline Holmes.
v. Mary Elizabeth7 Capen, b. 1814; d. 30 Nov. 1814, “aet
3 mos.”
Deacon Edward6 Capen and his wife, soon after
their marriage, removed to Milton. The house, in
which they lived, is still in existence (1927) and is
owned by Charles S. Rackemann. It is situated on
high ground on Brush Hill Road and is in a fine
state of preservation.
306.
307.
308.
309.
310.
The Capen Family
63
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Milton Records; Letters
from Charles S. Rackemann.
149. John6 Capen (John,0 Edward,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 9 Apr. 1780 and died
there 12 Jan. 1838. He married first, in Dorchester
10 Feb. 1805 Beckee (Rebecca) Bird who was born
in Dorchester 27 Apr. 1780 and died before 1820.
She was daughter of Henry, Jr. and Margaret
( ) Bird.
Children born in Dorchester:
Aaron Davis7 Capen, b. 5 Dec. 1805; m. (int.) 5 Dec.
1841 in Dorchester Mary Adeline Sparhawk.
John Henry7 Capen, b. 20 or 2 Oct. 1807; m. Abbie D.
Cook.
Mary Perin' Capen, b. 29 Oct. 1809.
Patience Davis7 Capen, b. 3 Sept. 1811.
Rebecca7 Capen, b. 30 May 1813; d. in Dorchester;
“Rebecca Lydia Capen, dau. of John, d. 14 Apr. 1847,
aet 34 yrs.”
Margaret Susanna7 Capen, b. 3 July 1815; m. 6 Oct.
1844 in Dorchester Samuel H. Paine.
John6 Capen married secondly, in Dorchester 1 Oct.
1820 Joan (Johanna) H. P. Moore, who was born
15 Oct. 1799 and died in Dorchester 8 Feb. 1842.
Children born in Dorchester:
317. vii. Thomas Williams7 Capen, b. 5 Dec. 1821.
318. viii. Johanna Gibbs7 Capen, b. 15 Feb. 1832.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Records of John Hewitt
Capen of New York City. (905.)
150. Susanna6 Capen (John,5 Edward,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 24 June 1782 and
probably, died there 24 Aug. 1855. She married
in Dorchester 8 Dec. 1805 Ebenezer Davenport,
as his second wife. He was born in Dorchester 29
Aug. 1769 and died there 7 April 1844. He was
son of Isaac and Mary (Pray) Davenport.
+311. i.
+312. ii.
313. iii.
314. iv.
315. v.
316. vi.
64
The Capen Family
No children found for Sarah (Capen) Daven¬
port.
Ebenezer Davenport m. first, in Dorchester 25 Oct.
1801 Sarah Cutting and had one child Isaac New-
com Davenport b. May 1802. Sarah (Cutting)
Davenport d. in Dorchester 3 Sept. 1804, “fell
from the garret to the lower floor and killed her¬
self.”
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D. ; N. E. H. & G. Register
XXXIII, 25, 34; Gravestone, Old North Burying Ground, Dor¬
chester.
152. Hannah0 Capen (John,5 Edward,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 19 Sept. 1786; mar¬
ried, probably as second wife, 15 Nov. 1809 in Dor¬
chester John Roulstone. She died 11 Feb. 1857.
Fie is probably the John Roulstone, who was born
in Boston 26 Nov. 1769, son of George and Mary
Roulstone of Boston. John Roulstone was a mem¬
ber of the “Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com¬
pany” of Boston. He was fond of horses and, at
one time had a riding school in South Boston. He
died about 1841 and his tomb is No. 133 in Boston
Common.
H is son John Roulstone Jr., probably by a former
wife, Dolly Smith, who died May 1809 aged 38, is
the reputed author of the original three stanzas of
the poem “Mary and Her Little Lamb.” He was
preparing for Harvard College with Rev. Lemuel
Capen, his step-mother’s brother, who was in
Sterling from 1815 to 1819, and happened to be
visiting the school kept by Miss Harriet Kimball,
the day Mary’s lamb “followed her to school.” The
next day he brought the three stanzas to Mary.
He died before entering college.
The lamb is said to have been one of twin lambs, and
was frail, so was given to Mary to care for. This
The Capen Family
65
Mary was Mary E.6 Sawyer (Thomas,6 Ezra,4
Ezra,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1 Sawyer) who was born
in Sterling 22 Mar. 1806 and died in Somerville 11
Dec. 1889. Her grave is in Mount Auburn Ceme¬
tery. She married 31 Mar. 1835 Columbus6 Tyler
(Joseph,0 Joseph,4 Joseph,3 John,2 JobL Tyler)
who was born in Townsend, Vt., in 1805 and died
in Somerville 14 Sept. 188J. They spent the
greater part of their lives in Somerville. They left
no children. The “lamb” was killed by an angry
cow, but left five descendants. Mary had two pairs
of stockings made from the wool of her lamb.
These she treasured ; but in the last years of her life
she raveled them out and the yarn was sold, in short
lengths to help pay for the restoration of the Old
South Church in Boston.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Boston Marriages 1752-
1809; History Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company;
Tyler Genealogy; Article in “The Outlook” 1896; Historic
Leaves, Somerville Historical Society.
153. Rev. Lemuel6 Capex (John,6 Edward,4 Samuel3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester 25 Nov. 1788
and died in South Boston 28 Aug. 1859. He mar¬
ried 11 Oct. 1815 Mary Ann Hunting, who was
born 31 Oct. 1790 and died 7 Nov. 1884. She was
daughter of Asa and Abigail ( ) Hunting
of Roxbury. He was a preacher and school teach¬
er, a fluent speaker and writer. He was a graduate
of Harvard and attended thirtv-five commence-
ments, thirty-three in succession.
Children :
319. i. Francis Lemuel' Capen, b. in Sterling 17 March 1817;
d. 30 July 1889, um. He was a graduate of Harvard,
a meteorologist and an extensive traveler.
320. ii. John' Capen, b. in Sterling 8 Sept. 1818; d. 7 Oct.
1905. He in. 1st, April 1849 Joanna Kingsbury, 2ndly,
Margaret E. Clapp.
66
The Capex Family
321. iii. Mary Ann7 Capen, b. in Dorchester 19 Feb. 1820; d.
7 Nov. 1844.
+322. iv. Edward7 Capen, b. in Dorchester 20 Oct. 1821; d. 20
Oct. 1901. He m. 9 July 1849 Anna Augusta Savelle.
+323. v. Charles James7 Capen, b. 5 Apr. 1823; m. 1st, Lucy
Richmond, 2ndly, Caroline E. Guild.
324. vi. Sarah Hawes7 Capen, b. in So. Boston 22 Oct. 1824; d.
Dec. 1825.
325. vii. Bernard7 Capen, b. in So. Boston 31 Oct. 1826; m. 3
Oct. 1859 Emma Izadore Fletcher. He d. 21 May
1895. One child Bernard8 Capen, b. 2 June 1869; m.
4 Oct. 1894 Eva Daniels.
326. viii. Jane' Capen, b. in So. Boston 5 Nov. 1828; m. 3 Oct.
1849 Jesse Harding. She d. 13 Jan. 1870. Children:
Mary Ann Harding, Nellie Rebecca Harding, Harry
Blewer Harding.
327. ix. Eliphalet Porter' Capen, b. 8 July 18 . . . ., d. 19 Nov.
1865.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; N. E. H. & G. Register
Vol. XIII, p. 86; Family Records furnished by Morris P.
Capen of Boston. (908.)
155. Gen. Aaron6 Capen (John,6 Edward,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester 10 April 1796
and died in Gardner, Me., 25 Apr. 1866. He mar¬
ried in Dorchester 3 Oct. 1821 Isanah White, who
is said to have been a descendant of Peregrine
White, who was born on the “Mayflower.” He
was active in the State Militia and reached the rank
of Major Gen. in 1828, when thirty-two years of
age. He removed to Gardner, Me.
Children born in Dorchester:
+328. i. Aaron7 Capen, b. 1 1 Oct. 1822.
329. ii. Isanah7 Capen, b. 13 Sept. 1824.
330. iii. Vesta' Capen, b. 24 Oct. 1826; m. 1st, Peter Grant of
Gardner, Me.; m. 2ndly, 23 Oct. 1861 Edwin Bayley,
b. 16 July 1820 Newbury, Vt., son of Abner and Betty
(Hibbard) Bayley. They had 2 ch. Edwin Allen Bay-
ley, born at Jamaica Plain 30 July 1862; m. 15 June
1892 Lucia A. Watkins of Newbury, Vt. ; and Wallace
Bayley b. 22 Mar. 1864; d. 25 Aug. 1864.
The Capen Family
67
331. iv. Elizabeth7 Capen, b. 24 Dec. 1828.
332. v. John7 Capen, b. 4 Mar. 1831; d. Nov. 1831.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Bayley Gen. p. 276.
158. Samuel6 Capen (Josiah,6 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 21 April 1746. He
married in Braintree 1 May 1767 Elizabeth
Holmes, who was born 22 July 1741. She was
daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Withington)
Holmes.
Children born in Braintree:
333. i. Elizabeth7 Capen, b. 2 May 1768; m. Abijah Brown?
+334. ii. Samuel7 Capen, b. 3 Nov. 1769; m. probably, 14 Oct.
1792 Abigail Prentiss of Cambridge.
+335. iii. Josiah7 Capen, b. 8 Aug. 1771; m. Betsey Wadsworth.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Braintree Town Records;
Holmes Genealogy.
159. Josiah6 Capen (Josiah,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,0 John,2
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 7 June 1748 and died
in Watertown about 1796. He married first, in
Dorchester 13 Dec. 1771 Mary Billings, who was
born in Dorchester 23 Feb. 1751. She was daugh¬
ter of John and Mary ( ) Billings. He re¬
sided in Watertown and was Selectman of that
town 1773, ’74, ’75, ’76, ’83, and ’85. He was also
Justice of the Peace as early as 1775 and Maior
in 1783.
Children born in Watertown:
+336. i. Mary7 Capen, bapt. 18 Oct. 1772; m. Jeremiah Fowler.
337. ii. Charity7 Capen, bapt. 23 May 1773.
338. iii. Eunice7 Capen, bapt. 28 June 1778.
Josiah7 Capen’s wife Mary died and he married, sec¬
ondly, in Trinity Church Boston in 1785 Rebecca
Stimpson (John, John, Andrew, Andrew). She
was baptized in Charlestown 10 April 1763.
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The Capen Family
Children born in Watertown:
+339. iv. Josiah7 Capen, b. 14 Mar. 1787; d. in Boston 8 Nov.
1865; m. Marietta Gridley.
+340. v. Rebecca' Capen, m. in Keene N. H. Thomas F. Ames.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Bond’s Watertown; Water-
town Records; N. E. H. & G. Register Vol. LIX, 365+.
160. Benjamin6 Capen (Josiah,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born, probably in Watertown, after his
father removed from Braintree to that place, as his
birth is not recorded in Dorchester or Braintree.
He married (int.) in Newton 2 Nov. 1777 Eliza¬
beth Greenwood, who was born in Newton 7 or 17
Feb. 1760. She was daughter of John and Eliza¬
beth (Jackson) Greenwood.
Children born in Watertown:
+341. i. Alexander Capen, b. 30 Jan. 1779; m. Jane Kenwood.
+342. ii. David Capen, b. 11 Mar. 1781; m. Lucy Mansfield.
Benjamin' Capen, probably married secondly, in
Boston 26 Dec. 1785 Lucinda Sears.
Child born in Brighton:
+343. iii. Benjamin' Capen, b. about 14 Feb. 1798; m. Rebecca
Sanger in Sherborn.
Benjamin6 Capen enlisted at the time of the Lex¬
ington Alarm, in 1775, in Col. Gardner’s regt. and
was also at the taking of Dorchester Heights in
1776.
Authorities: Newton Vital Records; Watertown Records;
Ilolliston Vital Records; Alexander Capen’s Family by An¬
drew Tucker Capen, Mattoon, Ill.; Mass. Soldiers & Sailors.
163. Charity' Capen (Josiah,6 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Braintree 14 Sept. 1754. She
married in Watertown 29 Oct. 1771 Henry San¬
derson who was born in Watertown 16 Dec. 1747.
He was son of Isaac Sanderson of Sudbury and
Keziali Bright, who were married in Watertown
24 Dec. 1740.
The Capen Family
69
Children born in Watertown:
i. Charity Sanderson, bapt. 26 July 1772.
ii. Lydia Sanderson, bapt. 27 Mar. 1774.
Perhaps others.
Authorities : Braintree Records; Watertown Records; Bond’s
Watertown calls Charity Capen, Charity Patten, which is
wrong.
164. Lemuel6 Capen (Josiah,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born . , and died before 1838.
He married first, (int.) Chelsea 15 July 1786 Es¬
ther Clapp, who was born in Milton 11 Sept. 1759.
She was daughter of Stephen and Mary ( )
Clapp.
Children born in Milton :
+344. i. Mary Esther7 Capen, b. 25 Sept. 1793; m. Joseph
Crosby.
345. ii. Charity7 Capen, b. 25 July 1795; m. 8 Oct. 1815 Adams
Thompson, who was b. Princeton 26 June 1794. He
was son of William and Margaret (Thompson)
Thompson.
He married secondly, (int.) in Rutland 2 Apr. 1800
Lydia Clapp, who was born in Milton 12 Aug.
1771 and died in Rutland 4 Feb. 1838. She was
daughter of Joseph and Rachel ( ) Clapp
and was cousin to his first wife. Lemuel Capen
served in the Revolution.
Authorities : History Chelsea II, 631; Milton Vital Records;
Rutland Vital Records; Hist. Princeton II, 279; Clapp Gen.;
Chelsea Vital Records.
165. Samuel6 Capen (Robert,6 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 20 Sept. 1745 and
died in Stoughton 7 Oct. 1809. He married in
Stoughton 6 Aug. 1767 Elizabeth Withington,
who was born 3 Aug. 1745. She was daughter of
Hopestill and Mary ( ) Withington of
Dorchester. For twenty years he kept a tavern in
70
The Capen Family
Stoughton, probably all the children were born in
the tavern.
Children born in Stoughton:
346. i. Robert7 Capen, b. 1 May 1768.
+347. ii. John7 Capen, b. 11 Mar. 1770; m. “Bekey” Tucker.
+348. iii. Olive7 Capen, b. 28 Sept. 1772; m. Nathaniel Wentworth.
+349. iv. Samuel7 Capen, b. 27 May 1777; m. Lois Howard.
“Samuel Capen Gent, at his death left a widow Eli¬
zabeth, two children, Samuel and Olive Went¬
worth and one grand daughter Eliza, daughter of
John Capen deceased.”
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Canton (Stoughton) Rec¬
ords; History of Canton.
166. Lydia6 Capen (Robert,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Stoughton 27 Feb. 1746 1 7. She
married in Stoughton 13 July 1769 Silas Kenny,
who was born in Stoughton 28 April 1744. He
was son of John and Esther ( ) Kenny.
Children born in Stoughton:
i. Elijah Kenny, b. 31 Aug. 1769; m. 16 Jan. 1793 Han¬
nah Bartlett.
ii. Sarah Kenny, b. 2 Dec. 1770.
iii. Naam Kenny, b. 20 Aug. 1772.
iv. Robert Kenny, b. 9 Sept. 1777.
v. Silas Kenny, b. 17 Feb. 1779.
vi. Andrew Kenny, b. 5 Aug. 1780.
vii. Sally Kenny, b. 25 Apr. 1782.
viii. Lydia Kenny, b. 17 Jan. 1784.
ix. Betsey Kenny, b. 13 Aug. 1785.
x. Thomas Kenny, b. 5 Mar. 1788.
Lydia6 Capen probably married secondly, 4 March
1794 Phinehas Beals of Randolph.
Authority: Canton (Stoughton) Records.
171. Waitstill6 Capen (Robert,6 Samuel,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 2 5 Sept. 1753
and died in Milton 2 May 1804 1 5. She married in
The Capen Family
71
Stoughton 19 Oct. 1775 Benjamin Felt of
Stoughton. He was born in Dedham 12 Oct. 1752
and died in Milton 4 Sept. 1822. He was son of
Jonathan and Love well (Wells) Felt. He was a
blacksmith and lived in Milton. He served in the
Revolution, was at Lexington 19 April 1775 in
Capt. William Bullard’s company.
Children, the first one born in Stoughton, the
others probably in Milton:
i. Benjamin Felt, b. 6 May 1776; d. at sea, um.
ii. Robert Felt, b . d. y.
iii. George Felt, b. 3 Mar. 1783.
iv. Jonathan Wells Felt, b. 10 July 1789.
v. David Felt, b. Mar. 1793.
vi. Willard Felt, b. 7 May 1796 in Canton; d. 2 Mar.
1866. He m. 27 Jan. 1825 Elizabeth Leuman Glover,
b. in Dorchester 11 Apr. 1802. She was daughter of
Oliver and Lydia Barrett (Lewis) Glover. They re¬
sided in West Farms, Westchester Co., N. Y.
Benjamin Felt married secondly, 3 June 1805 Je-
rusha Hunt, daughter of Brimmead and Abigail
(Matthews) Hunt. Children: Reuben, Jane, and
Waitstill Felt.
Authorities'. Canton (Stoughton) Records; Milton Records;
Glover Genealogy; Mass. Soldiers & Sailors V, 508.
173. Bethiah6 Capen (Robert,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Stoughton 19 Sept. 1756 and
died 18 May 1814. She married in Stoughton 15
Nov. 1780 Moses Hayden, who was born in
Stoughton in 1754 and died 4 April 1827. He
probably was son of Ebenezer and Mary Hayden.
Children born in Stoughton :
i. Polly Hayden, b. 20 April 1783.
ii. Moses Hayden, b. 1 Jan. 1785; m. Elizabeth Crane.
iii. Oliver Hayden, b.
iv. Robert Hayden, b. about 1790; m. Harriet A. Rhoades.
Authority. Canton (Stoughton) Records.
72
The Capen Family
174. Andrew6 Capen (Robert,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Stoughton 22 Nov. 1757 and
died there 1 June 1846. He married in Stoughton
16 Apr. 1789 Hannah Richards of Sharon, who
was born 1 Jan. 1770 and died 20 Nov. 1843. She
was daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Belcher)
Richards. Andrew Capen was a soldier of the
Revolution. He was very fond of music. His name
is found in the list of those singing tenor in Wil¬
liam Billings’ Sacred Music School (see No. 79).
This singing school met in Andrew’s father’s house.
Andrew was present, in 1836, at the 50th anni¬
versary of the Stoughton Musical Society, an out¬
growth of the singing school of 1774.
Children born in Stoughton (those that died
young not recorded) :
+350. i.
351. ii.
352. iii.
353. iv.
354. v.
855. vi.
356. vii.
+357. viii.
358. ix.
359. x.
360. xi.
Robert7 Capen, b. 12 Oct. 1790; d. 6 Nov. 1853. A
physician in Boston.
Jane' Capen, b. 17 June 1792; d. 1 1 Dec. 1794; d. y.
Hannah' Capen, b. 16 July 1794; d. 20 June 1796; d. y.
Andrew Capen, b. 15 Oct. 1796; d. 26 June 1863.
Benjamin7 Capen, b. 1 Oct. 1798; d. 10 Apr. 1799; d. y.
Jane' Capen, b. 1 Mar. 1800; d. 23 Jan. 1875.
Benjamin' Capen, b. 9 Apr. 1802; d. 15 June 1823,
Middleboro.
Nahum Capen, b. 1 Apr. 1804; m. Eliza Ann Moore.
John' Capen, b. 14 May 1806; d. 7 Feb. 1824.
Mary' Capen, b. 22 June 1808; d. 24 Mar. 1893.
Hannah' Capen, b. 19 Mar. 1811; d. 24 Apr. 1842; m.
Sargent Sawyer.
Authorities : Canton (Stoughton) Records; History of Canton;
R. I. Vital Records XXI, 25; Thayer’s Family Memorial.
176. Rebecca J Capen (Jonathan,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 3 July 1748
and died 5 Dec. 1833 aet 85 yrs. (5 Dec. 1832
Wentworth Gen.) She married in Stoughton 20
July 1769 Elijah Wentworth, who was born in
Stoughton 30 Dec. 1744. He removed to Braintree
The Capen Family
73
and about 1785 to Maine. He died in Canaan, Me.,
July 1810 and his grave is in Westbrook, Me. He
was son of Amariah and Rebecca ( Shepard) Went¬
worth.
Children born in Stoughton:
i. Chloe Wentworth, b. 1 Mar. 1770; m. Josiah Curtiss.
ii. Theophilus Wentworth, b. r 13 Aug. 1773; m. at
Randolph 19 Nov. 1794 Elizabeth French. He d. 6
Feb. 1861. She d. 19 Jan. 1861 aged 81.
iii. Elijah Wentworth, b. 26 Sept. 1776.
iv. Jonathan Wentworth, b. abt. 1779; d. Plymouth 1819,
um.
v. Jerusha Wentworth, b. 22 Oct. 1782; m. Elisha Parker.
Authorities : N. E. H. & G. Register XV, 189; Wentworth
Genealogy; Stoughton (Canton) Records.
178. Jonathan6 Capen (Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 20 Sept. 1752
and died there 1 Jan. 1841 (another record says
18 Dec. 1841 aged 88). He married in Stoughton
21 Sept. 1780 Hannah Glover, who was born in
Stoughton 3 June 1756 and died there 18 Nov.
1821. She was daughter of Thomas and Rebecca
(Pope) Glover.
Children born in Stoughton:
361. i. Louis7 Capen, b. 1 Dec. 1781; d. 13 Mar. 1782.
362. ii. Hannah7 Capen, b. 19 Dec. 1782; d. 5 July 1796.
363. iii. Eleanor7 Capen, b. 11 July 1784; m. Joseph S. Andrews
in 1824. He was formerly of Warren, Me. He died
in Boston a few years after their marriage leaving no
children. She d. in Boston 20 July 1839. Her grave
is in Stoughton.
364. iv. Betsey7 Capen, b. 10 Dec. 1785, living 1866 in Stough¬
ton, um.
365. v. Melatiah7 Capen, b. 21 Oct. 1787; m. Otis Billings.
She was living in Stoughton in 1866. She m. in
Stoughton 22 July or 13 Aug. 1815 Otis Billings, who
was b. 1780 and d. in Stoughton 10 Oct. 1820. He
was son of John Jr. and Unity (Shepard) Billings.
74
The Capen Family
+366. vi.
+367. vii.
368. viii.
369. ix.
369a. x.
369b. xi.
369c. xii.
She m. 2ndly, (int. 12 Sept. 1821) Ephraim6 Capen
(see No. 250).
Rachel' Capen, b. 18 Nov. 1789; m. Stephen Blake.
Azubah' Capen, b. 17 Nov. 1790; m. Levi Hawes.
Jane' Capen, b. 12 July 1792; m. David Cobb of Taun¬
ton 12 Aug. 1810. He was b. in Taunton 1781; d. in
Stoughton 25 Sept. 1811. She d. 21 or 24 Oct. 1824.
Child: David Cobb, d. in Boston 21 Oct. 1824.
Jerusha' Capen, b. 30 Apr. 1794; m. Levi Melchor of
Boston.
Jonathan7 Capen, b. 27 Sept. 1796; d. 1 1 Nov. 1800.
Thomas7 Capen, b. 1 Aug. 1798; m. Hannah Melchor
1 July 1832; b. Hampton Falls, N. H., 6 Mar. 1805.
He was a large contributor to Tufts College. No
children.
Hannah7 Capen, b. 24 May 1801; d. 24 Aug. 1825.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Glover Memorial;
New. Hamp. Records of Vital Statistics; Stoughton records
sent by Mattie B. Capen. (995.)
179. John6 Capen (Jonathan,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 13 Feb. 1755
and died there 8 Feb. 1837. He married in Stough¬
ton 21 Oct. 1779 Patience Drake, who was born in
Stoughton 23 Mar. 1754 and died there 5 July
1829. She was daughter of Nathan and Jemima
Drake.
Children born in Stoughton:
+370. i.
371. ii.
+372. iii.
373. iv.
+374. v.
+375. vi.
+376. vii.
John7 Capen, b. 15 Aug. 1780; m. Mary Gay.
Jerusha' Capen, b. 5 Mar. 1784; d. 8 Oct. 1792.
Nathan' Capen, b. 25 Mar. 1786; d. 12 Mar. 1852. He
removed to Vermont in 1808 and died in Goshen, Vt.
He m. Mary Brock Jepherson.
Joseph Peter' Capen, b. 30 Nov. 1788; d. 10 Oct. 1792.
Adam' Capen, b. 27 Apr. 1791; m. 1st, Huldah Packard,
2ndly, Mrs. Betsey Belcher.
Peter7 Capen, b. 6 Dec. 1793; m. Lucy Moreton.
George7 Capen, b. 27 June 1796; m. Elizabeth Upham
Pitcher.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; N. E. H. & G.
Register VI, 209.
The Capen Family
75
181. Theophilus6 Capen (Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 5 June
1760 and died in Chittenden, Vt., 1842. He mar¬
ried 1784 Rachel Lambert of Kennebec. She died
in Chittenden, Vt., 1842, six weeks before her hus¬
band, in her 76th year. Another record says they
both died in Fairhaven, Vt., in 1838 or 1839.
“They had eleven children, four sons and seven
daughters. All but one living till maturity. Five
were living in 1859, the eldest being 73. Two
daughters were then living in New York and a
son and a daughter in Vermont.” They had 45
grand children, 66 great grand children, and four
great great grand children. He was graduated
from Harvard in 1782 and studied divinity with
Rev. Mr. Adams of Stoughton, but was never or¬
dained. From diffidence and fear of public speak¬
ing he spent most of his time on a farm. He went
to Bath, Me., where he lived many years and was
engaged in business. About 1811 he removed to
Pittsfield, Vt.
The following children have been found:
+377. i. Theophilus7 Capen, b. 1790; m. Miranda Colton.
+378. ii. Jonathan7 Capen, b. 10 May 1804; m. 1st, Emoray S.
Blanchard, 2ndly, Mrs. Mary C. June.
+379. iii. Susan S.7 Capen, b. in Augusta, Me., 13 Apr. 1798; m.
Joel Leonard.
380. iv. Azubah7 Capen, d. um.
+381. v. Eliza7 Capen, m. P. P. Stewart.
382. vi . 7 Capen, m. Mr. Webber of Me.
383. vii. John7 Capen, d. while in Harvard.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Dimond Genealogy;
History of Dorchester 537-8.
182. Eleanor6 Capen (Jonathan,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,8
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 18 June 1763.
She married in Stoughton 15 May 1788 David
Wadsworth who was born 25 Dec. 1764. He was
76
The Capex Family
son of Recompence and Abigail ( ) Wads¬
worth.
Children born in Stoughton:
i. Samuel Wadsworth, b. 24 June 1789.
ii. Azubah Wadsworth, b. 28 Oct. 1791.
iii. Lucy Wadsworth, b. 17 Sept. 1797.
Authority : Stoughton (Canton) Records.
183. Azubah Capen (Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 20 March
1766 and died 10 Aug. 1835. She married 28 July
1801 David Clapp of Dorchester, as his second
wife. He was born 30 Nov. 1759 and died 15 May
1846. He was son of David and Ruth (Humph¬
reys) Clapp.
Children born in Dorchester:
i. Susanna Humphreys Clapp, b. 10 May 1802; d. in
Milton 1 Jan. 1833; m. 10 July 1825 Charles Tucker
of Milton.
ii. Theophilus Capen Clapp, b. 1 Dec. 1803; m. 16 Oct.
1834 Jane Blake, dau. of Stephen and Rachel (Capen)
Blake.
iii. David Clapp, b. 6 Feb. 1806; m. 9 April 1835 Mary
Elizabeth Tucker, dau. of Atherton Tucker of Milton.
iv. Azubah Capen Clapp, b. 1 Nov. 1808.
Authorities i Stoughton (Canton) Records; Dorchester B. M.
D.; N. E. H. & G. Register XV, 231; Clapp Genealogy.
186. William0 Capen (Samuel,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 13 June 1763
and died in Stoughton 29 Dec. 1841. He married
in Stoughton 8 April 1795 Rebecca Swan. She
died in Stoughton 1 March 1806. She was daugh¬
ter of Robert and Rachel ( ) Swan.
Children :
+384. i. William' Capen, m. Eliza Dunn.
385. ii. Rebecca Swan7 Capen, m. in Stoughton 30 Oct. 1822
The Capex Family
77
Samuel Monk, son of Eliphalet and Rachel (Paul)
Monk. She d. 20 Apr. 1832. He d. 9 Dec. 1859.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Notes from Mattie
B. Capen. (995.)
187. Elisha6 Capen (Samuel,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Stoughton 5 May 1768 and died
5 April 1842. He married in Stoughton 9 June
1796 Mille Gay who was born in Stoughton 18
Aug. 1768. She died 18 Dee. 1865 aged 97 years
and four months. She was daughter of Timothy
and Elizabeth (Pettee, of Walpole) Gay.
386.
+387.
+388.
389.
389a.
389aa.
Children, first two, recorded in Stoughton:
i. Mille Gay7 Capen, b. 12 Sept. 1797; m. 26 May 1816
Joel Talbot son of Samuel & Mary (Fisher) Talbot.
She d. 23 Apr. 1876. He d. 5 Nov. 1859.
ii. Elisha7 Capen, b. 10 Apr. 1799; m. Matilda Gill.
iii. Samuel7 Capen, b. 15 Dec. 1806; m. Almira Paul.
iv. Avery* Capen, b. July 1808; m. 13 Oct. 1833 Nancy
Churchill. He d. 19 Feb. 1869. She d. 2 Oct. 1861.
v. Rachel7 Capen, b. 1804; m. 2 Jan. 1837 Samuel
Churchill.
vi. Sarah7 Capen, b. 16 Sept. 1802; m. 10 May 1821 George
Randall Monk. He was son of Jacob and Milly (Ran¬
dall) Monk of Easton. He d. 9 Oct. 1843. She died
22 Oct. 1869 in Stoughton.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Gravestones;
Thayer’s Memorial.
188. James6 Capen (Edward,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Stoughton 13 Dec. 1756 and
died there 23 or 24 Feb. 1853 aged 96 years. He
married in Stoughton 27 Aug. 1780 Elizabeth
Cummings, who was born in Stoughton 29 Aug.
1757 and died 22 June 1849. She was daughter of
Samuel Jr. and Elizabeth (Fisher) Cummings of
Walpole.
Children born in Stoughton:
+390. i. James7 Capen, b. 19 Nov. 1783; m. Lois Leonard.
+391. ii. Asa7 Capen, b. 8 Nov. 1785; m. Mary Dickerman.
78
The Capen Family
+392. iii.
393. iv.
394. v.
395. vi.
+396. vii.
+397. viii.
+398. ix.
Samuel7 Capen, b. 19 Oct. 1787; m. Betsey Reupecke.
Susanna' Capen, b. 23 Oct. 1789; m. 3 July 1809 Elijah
Pope. He was son of Frederick & Mary (Cole) Pope.
Betsey7 Capen, b. 14 Sept. 1791; d. 19 Feb. 1873, um.
Jedediah' Capen, b. 6 July 1793; d. 25 Oct. 1817 in
New Orleans, La., um.
Azel' Capen, b. 22 Feb. 1796; m. Lucy Cheney.
Ansel' Capen, b. 22 Feb. 1796; m. Rebecca Bird.
Zilpah7 Capen, b. 19 Feb. 1798; m. 25 Jan. 1824 Luke
Shepard of Canton.
Authorities: Stoughton (Canton) Records; N. E. H. & G.
Register Vol. VII p. 291; Family Records from Fred. E.
Harris (son of 709); Cummings Genealogy p. 94.
190. Susannah6 Capen (Edward,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 15 March 1760
and died in Bridgewater 17 June 1828. She mar¬
ried in Stoughton, as second wife, 10 Nov. 1791
John Wales, wTho was born in Bridgewater and died
8 March 1823 aged 61 years. He was son of Dea.
Nathaniel and Sarah ( ) Wales.
Children born in Bridgewater:
i. Susanna Wales, b. 1792; m. Eliab Whitman.
ii. Sally Wales, b . ; d. um.
iii. John Wales, b . ; m. 1st 1820 Olive Howard,
dau. of Col. Caleb Howard, m. 2ndly .
John Wales m. 1st in 1789 Mehitable, dau. of Barna¬
bas Howard and had Mehitable & Anna, twins, in
1791.
Authority: Mitchell’s Bridgewater.
191. Edward6 Capen (Edward,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 12 April 1762
and died there 5 Jan. 1835. He married in Stough¬
ton 3 Dec. 1786 Eunice Monk who was born in
Stoughton 21 July 1765 and died in Stoughton 3
April 1830. She was daughter of George and
Sarah (Hixon) Monk.
The Capen Family
70
Children born, probably Stoughton:
+399. i.
+400. ii.
+401. iii.
402. iv.
403. v.
+404. vi.
404a. vii.
404b. viii.
Sally7 Capen, b. 14 Sept. 1787; m. 12 Oct. 1808 Jona¬
than Ames Jr. of Stoughton.
Edward7 Capen, b. 4 Aug. 1789; m. 22 May 1814 Ruth
Gilbert.
Abner7 Capen, b. 26 June 1791 ; m. Myra Wentworth.
Jeremiah7 Capen, b. 30 Sept. 1793; d. 23 Sept. 1825.
Lemuel7 Capen, b. 6 Aug. 1795; d. 15 Nov. 1795.
Nathan Monk7 Capen, b. 10 Jan. 1797; d. 8 Sept. 1861.
He m. in Stoughton 24 Aug. 1825 Hannah Littlefield
of Stoughton, who d. 4 Aug. 1873 aged 70 yrs. 5 mos.
10 ds.
Eunice7 Capen, b. 12 Mar. 1800; m. 14 Nov. 1820
Horatio Blanchard, who was b. 29 May 1800. He was
son of Jonathan & Betsey (Goldthwaite) Blanchard.
She d. 6 or 12 Nov. 1860. He d. 13 Mar. 1883.
Myra Hixon7 Capen, b. 6 May 1804; m. 3 May 1840
Jonathan Ames.
Edward6 Capen married secondly, in Stoughton
3 June 1831 Mary Allen of Canton.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; N. E. H. & G.
Register XXXIX, 91.
192. Lemuel6 Capen (Edward,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in Stoughton.
He married in 1789 Michal Thayer of Braintree
(Stoughton Records say 19 Mar. Braintree rec¬
ords say 17 Jan.) She was born 13 May 1765 and
was daughter of Noah and Margaret (Harmon)
Thayer. He settled in Winthrop, Me.
Children born, perhaps in Winthrop, Me.:
405. i. Uriah7 Capen, b. 28 Jan. 1790.
406. ii. Hannah' Capen, b. 9 July 1792; m. Abraham Pinkham.
407. iii. Dorcas7 Capen, b. 9 Apr. 1794.
408. iv. Lemuel7 Capen, b. 4 Sept. 1798.
Authorities: Stoughton (Canton) Records; History Winthrop,
Me.; Thayer Genealogy; Braintree Records.
193. Uriah6 Capen (Edward,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1, ) born in Stoughton 24 May 1767 and
80 The Capex Family
died there 3 June 1848. He married (int. in
Stoughton 2 Oct. 1797) Eunice Packard of Bridge-
water, who was horn in Bridgewater 30 Mar. 1767
and died 4 Jan. 1823. She was daughter of Abiah
and Eunice (Paine) Packard.
Children:
409. i. Fannie' Capen, b. abt. 1799; d. 26 Apr. 1832 aged 33;
m. in Stoughton 20 Aug. 1822 Robert Porter Jr. son
of Robert and Elizabeth (Gay) Porter. He was b. in
Stoughton 23 Feb. 1795.
410. ii. Betsey' Capen, b. about 1800; d. 30 Dec. 1830 aged 30;
in. 8 Oct. 1821 James Swan, b. 31 May 1798; d. 28
Feb. 1873. He was son of James D. and Hannah
(Vose) Swan.
Uriah6 Capen married secondly, at Easton 10 May
1824 Mrs. Matilda H. Pratt of Easton. She died
30 June 1828 aged 50 years.
He married thirdly, 26 Nov. 1829 Mrs. Ruth Leon¬
ard, widow of Rudolphus Leonard and daughter
of James and Rebecca ( ) Tucker. She
died 8 Nov. 1838 aged 57 years.
He married fourthly, 17 Sept. 1840 at London, N.
H., Betsey Wales, daughter of Samuel and Lydia
Babcock) Wales. She was born 26 Sept. 1795 and
died 28 Mar. 1878.
Authorities i Stoughton (Canton) Records; New Hamp. orig¬
inal, Vital Records.
194. Jane’ Capen (Edward,0 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born, probably, in Stoughton. She mar¬
ried in Stoughton 19 Mar. 1799 Howard Packard
of Bridgewater, who was born 16 Dec. 1768. He
was son of Abiah and Eunice (Haward) Packard.
Children born in Bridgewater:
i. Eunice Packard, b. 10 or 19 Dec. 1799; m. 16 June
1825 Herman Packard.
The Capen Family
81
ii. Jane B. Packard, b. 1 June 1804; m. 29 Jan. 1826
Isaac H. Packard.
iii. Charlotte Packard, b. 26 June 1810; m. 29 Sept. 1831
Henry Howard.
iv. Susannah Capen Packard, b. 21 Aug. 1812; m. 15
May 1839 Robert Holbrook.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Mitchell’s History
Bridgewater; Records sent by Martha B. Capen of Stough¬
ton (995).
195. Benjamin6 Capen (Edward,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1*) born in Stoughton 13 Sept. 1772
and died 22 June 1858. He married first, 13 Nov.
1805 (or 9 Jan. 1805) Relief Howard of Bridge-
water. She died 9 Dec. 1806 aged 22. She was
daughter of Daniel and Silence (Packard) How¬
ard.
Child:
411. i. Benjamin Howard' Capen, b. 26 Oct. 1806; d. 17 July
1822.
Benjamin6 Capen married secondly, 18 Nov. 1810
Mrs. Betsey Dickerman, widow of Lemuel Dicker-
man and daughter of . Blanchard.
Child:
411a. ii. Betsey Blanchard7 Capen, b. 16 May 1812, d. 14 Apr.
1835.
He married thirdly, 13 Sept. 1813 Mrs. Azubah
Morton, widow of Nathaniel Morton and daugh¬
ter of Timothy and Amity (Holmes) Gay. She
was born 13 Sept. 1774 and died 1 Nov. 1857.
Children :
412. iii. Azubah Gay7 Capen, b. 14 Aug. 1814; d. 23 Sept. 1837.
She m. Joseph Swan, b. 30 Nov. 1810, son of Luther
and Hannah (French) Swan of Bridgewater. Child:
Sarah A. Swan, m. Elijah Gill Capen.
+413. iv. Henry Morton7 Capen, b. 5 Dec. 1821 ; in. 1st, Lauretta
M. Shaw, m. 2ndly, Sarah Matilda Monk.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Howard Geneal-
ogy; Notes sent by Mattie B. Capen, of Stoughton (995).
82
The Capex Family
196. Abraham6 Capex (Edward,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 1 June 1774
and died 21 Aug. 1854. He married first, in
Stoughton 15 Oct. 1797 Rachel Atherton, (a) who
was born 3 May 1778 and died in Stoughton 26
Feb. 1798 in the twentieth year of her age. She
was daughter of John and Mary (Adams) Ather¬
ton.
Child:
414. i. Abraham7 Capen, b. 10 Feb. 1798.
Abraham6 Capen married secondly, 21 Feb. 1802
Elizabeth Thayer, who died 9 July 1811 aged 27
years. She was daughter of Isaac and Abigail
(Thayer) Thayer.
Child :
414a. ii. Rachel Atherton7 Capen, b. abt. 1805; d. 3 Oct. 1862.
She m. 4 June 1826 Samuel Paul, b. abt. 1801; d. 27
July 1838. He was son of Samuel and Ruth (Shepard)
Paul.
He married thirdly, in Dorchester 12 July 1812
Patience Capen, who was born in Dorchester 3 Apr.
1791 and died there 3 or 4 Aug. 1813 aged 22
years. She was daughter of John and Patience
(Davis) Capen.
He married ( ?) fourthly, 6 Jan. 1815 Mary Tolman,
who was born 25 Sept. 1795 and died 7 Sept. 1859.
She was daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Ham¬
mond) Tolman.
Children:
415. iii. Nathaniel Hammond' Capen, b. 8 July 1816; d. 13
Feb. 1843.
416. iv. Mary Tolman' Capen, b. 23 Apr. 1819; d. 1 1 Feb. 1825.
417. v. Samuel Tolman7 Capen, b. 31 Jan. 1825; d. 1 Feb. 1825.
418. vi. Mary Tolman7 Capen, b. 29 Feb. 1828; m. 11 Sept.
1849 Francis E. Loud.
The Capen Family
S3
(a) Adams Gen. p. 413 says Rachel Atherton m. Abiah
Capen, which is a mistake.
Authorities : Stoughton Records; Adams Genealogy; Tolman
Gen. in N. E. H. & G. Register XIV, p. 2544-; Thayer’s Family
Memorial.
198. Joseph6 Capen (Edward,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in Stoughton, 13
Oct. 1778 and died 5 Feb. 1813. He married 18
April 1803 Lydia Merriam (Merion) who was
born 11 April 1782 and died 19 Sept. 1870. She
was daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia (Gay)
Merriam.
Children :
419. i. Eliza Paul7 (Elizabeth) Capen, b. 5 May 1804; m. 29
Sept. 1831 in Dorchester Rev. Benjamin Larabee, a
Congregational minister, A. M., D. D., LL. D. He
was born 3 June 1801 and died at Walpole, N. H., 15
Nov. 1883. She died 12 Oct. 1835. He m. 2ndly, Mrs.
Susan Fairbank, widow of Daniel Fairbank of Cin¬
cinnati, Ohio, and dau. of Elijah and Susanna (Weeks)
Freeman of Oakham.
420. ii. Mary7 Capen, b. 27 Mar. 1809; d. 28 Feb. 1847.
He left a widow Lydia and two children Elizabeth
and Mary. His widow married secondly, in Dor¬
chester 13 or 26 Sept. 1819 Samuel Capen (88).
Authorities : The Native Ministry of New Hamp.; Thayer’s
Family Memorial.
199. Samuel John6 Capen (Dea. Samuel,5 John,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester 20 Aug.
1820 and died there 7 April 1877. He married in
Dorchester 28 Dec. 1843 Caroline Baxter of
Quincy. She was born in Quincy 18 Oct. 1823
and died 15 Mar. 1892. She was daughter of Wil¬
liam and Elizabeth ( ) Baxter.
Children born in Dorchester:
Mary Elizabeth7 Capen, b. 6 Nov. 1844; m. 1865 San¬
ford H. Cobb.
+421. i.
84
The Capen Family
+422. ii. Samuel John7 Capen, b. 13 Aug. 1846; m. 5 May 1870
Ella Cora Sanders.
Samuel John6 Capen appears in Boston directories
from 1870, when Dorchester became ward 16 of
Boston, until his death. His house was on Wash¬
ington St. near Center St.
Authorities i Dorchester B. M. D., Boston directories; Chese-
borough Gen. Notes sent by Milton S. Capen (728).
200. Sarah6 Capen (James,6 James,4 James,3 John,*
Bernard1) born in Charlestown, baptized 3 June
1734. She married first, 12 Feb. 1754 Samuel Reed
Jr., born 16 Dec. 1730. He was son of Daniel3
(Daniel,2 Samuel1) and Mary (Converse) Reed.
No record of children found.
She married secondly, in Boston 23 Mar. 1756 Mar-
maduke Masterman, a sea captain.
Children born in Boston:
i. Marmaduke Masterman, bapt. Christ Church 25 July
1757.
ii. James Masterman, bapt. 8 Apr. 1759; m. 19 Oct. 1780
Hannah Dowse and lived in Deering, N. H.
News of the death of Capt. Marmaduke Master-
man was received in Boston 23 Sept. 1759. She
married thirdly, 26 June 1766 Thomas Goodwin,
as his second wife.
Children:
iii. Sarah Goodwin, bapt. 3 May 1767.
iv. Sarah Goodwin, bapt. 26 Mar. 1769; m. John Fox.
v. Thomas Goodwin, bapt. 28 Oct. 1770.
vi. John Goodwin, bapt. 17 May 1772.
vii. Thomas Goodwin had guardian appointed 1799. He was
then over 14.
Authority : Charlestown Genealogies.
201. James6 Capen (James,6 James,4 James,3 John,1
Bernard1) born in Charlestown 29 Aug. 1736 and
The Capen Family
85
died in Putney, Vt. He married Elizabeth Bridges,
who was born in Southborough 27 Jan. 1764 and
died in Fitchburg aged 45 years. She was daughter
of James and Mary ( ) Bridges of South-
borough. He settled in Lancaster, removed to
Fitchburg in 1810, and died in Putney, Vt.
Children, some recorded in Lancaster:
+423. i.
+424. ii.
+425. iii.
+426. iv.
+427. v.
+428. vi.
+429. vii.
+430. viii.
431. ix.
+432. x.
Polly7 Capen, b. 26 May 1784; m. Samuel Bemis.
James7 Capen, b. 5 May 1786; m. Rhoda Platts.
Betsy7 Capen, b. 28 Apr. 1788 (23 Apr. Bible); m.
Avery Prescott.
John7 Capen, b. 16 May 1790; m. Anna Edes.
Henry7 Capen, b. 20 Mar. 1893; m. (1) Relief Tyler,
(2) Hannah (Houghton) Marshall.
Sally7 Capen, b. 29 Apr. 1796; m. Simeon Daniels.
Edmund Minord7 Capen, b. 17 July 1798; m. Eunice
Dadmun.
Charles7 Capen, b. 26 May 1801; m. Catherine Fuller.
Martha7 Capen, b. 14 July 1803; m. Thomas Woodman,
lived in Boston and Lowell.
Thomas Rand7 Capen, b. 31 May 1806; m. Martha W.
Williams.
James6 Capen married ( ?) secondly, in Fitchburg 16
June 1811 Hepsibah Hodgkins, born Fitchburg 3
May 1770. She was daughter of Hezekiah and
Ruth ( ) Hodgkins.
Authorities : Lancaster Records; Charlestown Genealogies;
History Framingham p. 496; Southborough Vital Records;
Records from old Capen Bible, sent by Rhoda Platts (Capen)
Flagg (1047) of Brattleboro, Vt.
202. Thomas6 Capen (James,5 James,4 James,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Charlestown, baptized 19 Aug.
1739, and died before 1768. He married 24 Feb.
1761 Mary Wyman of Charlestown.
Children born in Charlestown:
+433. i. Thomas7 Capen, b. 19 Apr. 1762.
434. ii. James7 Capen, b. 10 Oct. 1763.
86
The Capex Family
The widow of Thomas6 Capen married secondly, in
1768 Thomas Larkin and had a son James Larkin,
who died 10 June 1821 aged 35 years.
“Thomas Capen of New Pennacook, Lincoln Co.,
and James Capen of Lancaster, grandchildren of
Sarah Capen to John Brazer,” quit claim estate.
Sarah Capen was the widow of James6 Capen.
Authority: Charlestown Genealogies.
203. Mary6 Capex (James,6 James,4 James,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Charlestown and baptized 27 Sept.
1741. She died before 1780. She married in Char¬
lestown 14 Jan. 1762 John Edmands who was bap¬
tized 12 Nov. 1738. He was son of David and
Hannah (Hatch) Edmands.
Children born in Charlestown:
i. John Edmands, bapt. 10 Oct. 1762, d. y.
ii. Mary Edmands, bapt. 22 July 1764; m. Robert Runey.
iii. Sarah Edmands, bapt. 2 Nov. 1766; in. Benjamin Gray.
iv. James Capen Edmands, bapt. 15 Jan. 1769.
v. Thomas Edmands, bapt. 17 Mar. 1771.
John Edmands married secondly, (int. 1 July 1780)
Ann Shepherd and had other children.
Authority: Charlestown Genealogies.
205. Dea. William6 Capex (James,6 James,4 James,*
John,2 Bernard1) born in Charlestown, baptized 14
Oct. 1744 and died in Portland, Me., 10 March
1818. He married first, in Charlestown 3 May 1768
Martha Goodwin, who was born in Charlestown 7
Oct. 1744 and died 24 April 1780. She was daugh¬
ter of Edward and Martha (Harris) Goodwin.
He was Deacon in the First Baptist Church of
Boston of which Dr. Stillman was pastor. He re¬
moved from Charlestown to Boston and thence
to Portland, Me., where he died. He was taxed in
Charlestown 1766 to 1775, in Boston 1773 to 1798.
The Capen Family
87
Children born probably in Charlestown :
+435. i.
436. ii.
437. iii.
+438. iv.
+439. y.
+440. vi.
Martha7 Capen, b. 23 Jan. 1769, bapt. Charlestown 29
Jan. 1769; m. Capt. Walter Hatch.
Sarah7 Capen, b. 26 Dec. 1770; m. in Boston 26 July
1795 Seth Barnes. She d. in Portland, Me., 6 Mar.
1836. He d. Portland 18 Nov. 1832.
William7 Capen, b. 10 Aug. 1772; d. 7 Aug. 1773.
William7 Capen, b. 12 Mar. 1774; m. Frances Totten.
Edward Goodwin7 Capen, b. 13 June 1777; m. Elizabeth
Bradish.
Elizabeth B. (Betsey)7 Capen, b. 5 Apr. 1780; m. Ed¬
ward Robinson.
Deacon William6 Capen married secondly, in Boston
9 or 10 July 1780 Susanna Bickford, who was born
1755 and died in Portland, Me., 7 Oct. 1821. She
was daughter of Aaron and Susanna (Presson)
Bickford.
Children :
441.
442.
+443.
444.
445.
+446.
+447.
448.
vii. Thomas7 Capen, b. 2 July 1781 ; d. 21 Aug. 1783.
viii. Susanna7 Capen, b. Dec. 1782; d. 1783.
ix. Thomas7 Capen, b. 6 Aug. 1784; m. 1st, Betsey . ;
m. 2ndly, Harriet Robinson.
x. Susanna7 Capen, b. 8 July 1786; d. 1790.
xi. Nancy7 Capen, b. 1 Oct. 1788; d. 9 May 1790.
xii. Susanna7 Capen, b. 11 Oct. 1790; m. 1st, Francis Dou¬
glas; m. 2ndly, . Lane; m. 3rdly, Nathaniel
Willis.
xiii. John7 Capen, b. 10 June 1793; m. Olive Simpkins.
xiv. Abigail7 Capen, b. 10 Nov. 1795; d. 15 Apr. 1869 at
Newton, um.
Authorities : Charlestown Genealogies; Boston directories;
Gravestones, Portland, Me.; Boston Marriages 1700+; Douglas
Genealogy.
207. Nathaniel6 Capen (First Nathaniel of Ebenezer5)
(Ebenezer,5 Preserved,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Dorchester 11 Jan. 1738 1 9 and died
in West Bridgewater 13 June 1765. He married
in Sharon 4 Jan. 1759 Lusanna Swift.
88
The Capen Family
Children baptized in Sharon :
449. i. Ebenezer7 Capen, b. 2 Feb. 1760; bapt. Sharon 10 Feb.
1760; m. probably in Sharon (int. Sharon 2 June
1786) Mary Everendon.
450. ii. Elizabeth' Capen, b. 20 Mar. 1761, recorded in Stough¬
ton, bapt. Sharon 22 Mar. 1761.
451. iii. Lusanna' Capen, b. 7 Nov. 1762, recorded in Stough¬
ton, bapt. Sharon 13 March 1763.
iv. Child died 8 July 1764.
Widow Lusanna Capen married secondly, in Sharon
3 Nov. 1766 William Price.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Sharon Vital Records;
Stoughton Vital Records; W. Bridgewater Vital Records.
210. Ezekiel6 Capen (Ebenezer,5 Preserved,4 Preserved,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 28 July 1745
and died in Sharon 16 Feb. 1836. He married
in Sharon 7 Aug. 1766 Mary Cummings, who
was born in Sharon 21 Aug. 1745 and died there
15 Jan. 1829. She was daughter of Samuel Cum¬
mings.
Children recorded, part in Sharon, part in
Bridgewater :
+452. i. Ezekiel' Capen, b. 19 Nov. 1766; m. Elizabeth Willis.
+453. ii. Mary7 Capen, b. 27 Jan. 1769; ra. Ebenezer Alger.
454. iii. Anna1 Capen, b. 2 Apr. 1771; m. John Smith, 27 Nov.
1799.
+455. iv. Susannah' Capen, b. 14 Mar. 1773; m. Willis Alger.
+456. v. Abigail' Capen, b. 23 Apr. 1775; m. Jesse Billings,
vi. Child7 Capen, buried Dec. 1777.
+457. vii. John7 Capen, b. 21 Oct. 1778; m. Tela Dunbar.
458. viii. Nancy7 Capen, b. 18 Dec. 1784 probably the child who
was buried 5 April 1785.
Ezekiel Capen served in the Revolution.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Sharon Vital Rec¬
ords; W. Bridgewater Vital Records; Roll Book Mass. S. A.
R. ; Mass. Soldiers & Sailors of the Rev.; Records from F. E.
Harris (son of 709).
The Capen Family
89
211. Capt. Lemuel5 Capen (Ebenezer,6 Preserved,4 Pre¬
served,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 6
Dee. 1747 and died in Sharon 26 Nov. 1805. He
married (int. 9 April 1766) Mary Hixon (Hix¬
son), who was born in Sharon, baptized 1 May
1748 and died in Sharon 13 Sept. 1821. She was
daughter of John and Sarah (Bird) Hixon (Hix¬
son) .
Children born in Sharon:
459. i. Mella7 Capen, b. 17 May 1767; m. 18 July 1785 Levi
White.
460. ii. Lemuel7 Capen, b. 2 Oct. 1768; d. 26 Aug. 1770.
+461. iii. Hannah7 Capen, b. 24 June 1771; m. David Hewins.
+462. iv. Lemuel7 Capen, b. 21 Nov. 1773; m. Nabby Smith.
463. v. Elijah7 Capen, b. 6 Nov. 1775; d. 4 Aug. 1777.
+464. vi. ? Elijah7 Capen, b. not recorded, no other place found;
m. Nancy Pittee.
465. vii. Nathaniel7 Capen, b. 27 Apr. 1783, int. 9 Mar. 1815,
Sharon, to Ruth C. Bridges of Boston.
466. viii. Hittee7 Capen, b . ; bapt. 30 Oct. 1785.
467. ix. Jessee7 Capen, b . ; bapt. 25 July 1790.
Authorities: Stoughton (Canton) Records; Sharon Vital
Records.
213. Susannah6 Capen (Ebenezer,5 Preserved,4 Pre¬
served,3 John,2 Bernard1!) born in Stoughton 18
Sept. 1751 and died in Sharon 10 Sept. 1842. She
married in Sharon 15 Nov. 1773 Dea. Oliver
Everett, who was born in Stoughton 11 April 1750
and died in Sharon 28 July 1827. He was son of
Joseph and Hannah (Richards) Everett.
Children recorded in Sharon:
i. Hannah Everett, b. 11 Aug. 1774; d. 3 Dec. 1848; m.
6 Nov. 1794 Benjamin Raynolds of Sharon.
ii. Oliver Everett, b. 19 Aug. 1776; m. 1st, Hannah
Stover; m. 2ndly, Widow Bartlett or Bartol.
iii. Otis Everett, b. 17 Oct. 1778; m. 1st, 24 May 1801
Hannah Ross, who d. 30 Aug. 1804; m. 2ndly, 8 Feb.
1806 Eliza Howard, who d. 26 May 1822; m. 3rdly,
90
The Capen Family
29 Jan. 1829 Lucretia Gore, who d. 23 July 1832; m.
4thly, 21 Nov. 1843 Widow (Doolittle) Lord. Children
among others. Rev. Oliver Capen Everett b. Boston
20 Aug. 1811; d. Cambridge 23 Apr. 1875; m. in Bos¬
ton 28 May 1837 Betsey Williams Weld, dau. of Dan¬
iel and Hannah (Williams) Weld, b. Boston 14 Nov.
1812; d. Worcester 27 Apr. 1901 and Mary Russell
Everett b. 14 Dec. 1814; d. 18 Nov. 1853; m. 21 Nov.
1833 Samuel S. Curtis, son of Samuel and Nancy
(Shepard) Curtis, b. 18 Apr. 1806 Hallowed, Me.;
d. 26 Jan. 1874 Jamaica Plain.
iv. Moses Everett, b. 26 Dec. 1780; m. and lived in Boston.
v. Aaron Everett, b. 2 Jan. 1783; m. and lived in Boston.
vi. Susanna Everett, b. 23 Feb. 1785; m. Nathaniel Kim¬
ball and lived in Goffstown, N. H.
vii. Elizabeth Everett, b. 9 Jan. 1788; m. 1st, Ebenezer
Tisdale; m. 2ndly, Samuel Tolman.
viii. Joseph Everett, b. 14 Sept. 1790; d. 1794.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Sharon Vital Rec¬
ords; Descendants of Richard Everett.
214. Samuel6 Capen (Ebenezer,5 Preserved,4 Preserved,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Sharon, recorded also in
West Bridgewater, baptized Sharon 24 Nov. 1754
and died in Foxborough 19 May 1816. He mar¬
ried in Sharon 22 Aug. 1775 Chloe Pitcher.
Children :
David' Capen, b. 5 Aug. 1778; m. 1st, Anna Clark; m.
2ndly, Phebe (Thayer) Everett.
Huldah' Capen, b. about 1780; m. Seth Pittee, resided
in Sharon.
Sally7 Capen, b. about 1780; m. Daniel Pittee, resided
in Sharon.
Ebenezer7 Capen, b. about 13 Apr. 1786.
Authorities : Sharon Vital Records; West Bridgewater Vital
Records; Foxborough Vital Records.
215. Nathaniel6 Capen (Second Nathaniel of Eben¬
ezer,5 b. after d. of first Nathaniel) (Ebenezer,6
Preserved,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born 20
Jan. 1766 in Sharon. He married first, in Dedham
+468. i.
+469. ii.
+470. iii.
471. iv.
The Capen Family
91
(int. 26 May 1789) Submit Bullard, who was born
in Dedham 29 Oct. 1759 and died there 8 Dec. 1831.
She was daughter of Josiah and Abigail (Lewis)
Bullard.
Children born in Dedham:
+472. i. Nabby7 Capen, b. 18 Apr. 1790; m. William Fisher.
473. ii. Nathaniel7 Capen, b. 8 Sept/ 1791.
474. iii. Child7 Capen, d. 28 Mar. 1794 aged 1 yr.
+475. iv. Lucy7 Capen, b. 18 Apr. 1795; m. Dea. Ephraim Wilson.
+476. v. Roxa7 Capen, b. 19 Nov. 1798; m. Leonard Chickering.
477. vi. Josiah7 Capen, b. 8 Apr. 1801; d. 23 Oct. 1814.
+478. vii. Oliver7 Capen, b. 14 Oct. 1804; m. Sarah Ann Whiting.
Nathaniel6 Capen married secondly, in Dover (int.
23 April 1835) Olive Battle (Battelle).
Authorities : Sharon Vital Records; Dedham Records; Dover
Vital Records.
216. Oliver6 Capen (Ebenezer,5 Preserved,4 Preserved,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Sharon 20 May 1773. He
married in Foxborough 14 Nov. 1798 Mary Morse,
who was born in Foxborough 18 Sept. 1773. She
was daughter of Amos and Mary (Pittee) Morse.
Authorities : Sharon Vital Records; Foxborough Vital Records.
217. William6 Capen (Ebenezer,5 Preserved,4 Pre¬
served,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 9 July
1775. He married in Sharon Dec. 1805 Irene Bul¬
lard, who was born in Sharon 21 Jan. 1771 and
died in Sharon 28 or 29 Oct. 1815. She was daugh¬
ter of Benjamin and Judith ( ) Bullard.
Children born in Sharon:
479. i. Irene7 Capen, b. abt. 1806; d. 20 Mar. 1816 “in 11th
year.”
+480. ii. William7 Capen, b. 29 Jan. 1808; m. Mary B. Earle.
481. iii. Vina7 Capen, b. 8 May 1811.
482. iv. Fanna7 Capen, b. 8 May 1811; d. Foxborough 15 July
1840.
Authorities: Stoughton (Canton) Vital Records; Sharon Vital
Records; Foxborough Vital Records.
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The Capen Family
222. Sarah6 Capex (David,5 Preserved,4 Preserved,8
John,2 Bernard^) born in Stoughton 22 Oct. 1753
and died 18 Jan. 1816. She married 19 May 1772
James Pope, who was born 31 July 1746 and died
26 Sept. 1798, from a fall from a loaded wagon.
He was son of Ralph and Rebecca (Stubbs) Pope
of Hull.
Children born in Stoughton:
i. James Pope, b. 23 Mar. 1773; d. 8 Oct. 1778.
ii. Oliver Pope, b. 2 Nov. 1774; d. 30 Dec. 1777.
iii. Rebecca Pope, b. 2 Mar. 1776; d. 21 Oct. 1778.
iv. Elijah Pope, b. 20 Dec. 1777; d. 25 Oct. 1778.
v. Milly Pope, b. 24 Aug. 1779; d. 20 Sept. 1801. Her
m. int. were published a few months before her death.
vi. Luther Pope, b. 8 Apr. 1781; d. 20 Oct. 1801.
vii. Azor Pope, b. 6 May 1783; m. Lucy Bird.
viii. Relief Pope, b. 21 Apr. 1785; m. 27 Mar. 1804 Capt.
Thomas Pownal Richards of Sharon. She died 28 Jan.
1821. Their 1st child, Nathaniel Richards m. Mary
Hayden.
ix. Anna Pope, b. 3 Mav 1787; ra. 7 Jan. 1807 Barnev
V •
Richards, brother to Capt. Thomas Richards.
x. Ward Pope, b. 4 Apr. 1789; m. 30 Nov. 1809 Anna
Gurney.
xi. Rufus Pope, bapt. 16 Nov. 1794; d. 28 July 1796 of
canker.
Authorities: Stoughton (Canton) Records; Sharon Vital Rec¬
ords; Pope Genealogy.
226. Mary6 Capex (Elijah,6 Preserved,4 Preserved,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 8 Mar. 1746|7
and died in Sharon 24 April 1781. She married
in Sharon 21 Nov. 1771 Edward Everett, as
his first wife. He was born in Stoughton, the
part now Sharon, 26 Oct. 1745 and died there 1806
( ?). He was son of Joseph and Hannah ( )
Everett.
Children born in Sharon:
i. James Everett, b. 9 Aug. 1778; d. 1 1 Nov. 1815; ra.
Phebe Thayer of Mansfield. She d. 27 Feb. 1822.
The Capen Family
93
ii. Elizabeth Everett, b. 7 April 1781; d. Jan. 1782.
iii. Mary Everett, b. 7 April 1781.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Sharon Vital
Records.
227. Elijah6 Capen (Elijah,5 Preserved,4 Preserved,3
John,2 Bernard1*) born in Stoughton 5 June 1749
and died in Sharon 8 Dec. 1774. He married first,
in Sharon 8 Oct. 1771 Elizabeth Belcher. She died
in Sharon 5 May 1773.
He married secondly, in Sharon 25 May 1774 Pris¬
cilla Tisdale. Widow Priscilla (Tisdale) Capen
married secondly, in Sharon 12 Dec. 1776 Joshua
Howard of Bridgewater.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Sharon Vital Rec¬
ords; Mitchell’s History of Bridgewater.
230. Dr. Samuel6 Capen (Elijah,5 Preserved,4 Pre¬
served,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 20
May 1757 and died in Brockton 3 Dec. 1843. He
married in Sharon 18 Nov. 1792 [sic] Sarah
Savel or Savels. She died in Brockton 10 Dec.
1832 aged 73 years.
Children born in Sharon:
Esther7 Capen, b. 7 Apr. 1792 [sic]; d. 4 Apr. or 4
May 1847 in Brockton.
Elizabeth7 Capen, b. 26 Jan. 1794. It is, probably,
int. of her marriage to Joseph Wilbar of Easton that
is recorded 22 Mar. 1820.
Sally7 Capen, b . 1797; d. 1 Nov. 1797 aged
10 months.
Sarah7 Capen, b. 20 Aug. 1798; m. 18 Oct. 1821 Sidney
Perkins.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Sharon Vital Sta¬
tistics; Brockton Vital Statistics.
238. Samuel6 Capen (Nathaniel,5 John,4 Preserved,3
John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in Braintree, 17
April 1769 and died 9 May 1851. He married 6
May 1795 (Family Bible) int. 7 May 1795
483. i.
484. ii.
485. iii.
+486. iv.
94
The Capen Family
(Adams Genealogy) Alice Adams. She was born
in Braintree 10 June 1770 and died 23 Sept. 1840.
She was daughter of Ebenezer and Mehitable
(Spear) Adams.
Children born in Braintree:
487. i. Clarissa' Capen, b. 6 July 1796; m. 23 June 1819
Charles (?) Hayward. Children: Charles Hayward &
Clarissa Hayward.
488. ii. Nathaniel' Capen, b. 7 Feb. 1798; d. 9 Feb. 1798.
+489. iii. Maria' or Ann' Capen, b. 7 July 1800; m. Livingston
White.
+490. iv. Samuel M.' Capen, b. 3 Oct. 1811; in. Sarah B. French.
491. v. ? Sarah B.7 Capen, b. 1814.
Authorities : Braintree Records; Adams Family History;
Vinton Memorial; Family Records furnished by Carroll Adams
Capen (1121).
239. Mehitable6 Capex (Christopher,6 John,4 Pre¬
served,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 20
May 1755 and died in Canton 7 Jan. 1830. She
married in Stoughton 14 April 1789 David Talbot,
as his second wife, who was born 8 Mar. 1745 1 6
and died 1814. He was son of George Talbot.
Children:
i. Salome Talbot, b. 16 Feb. 1791; d. 28 June 1804.
ii. Gratis Talbot, b . ; m . Warren; d.
aged 45 years; 4 children.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Thayer Memorial;
Notes sent by Mattie B. Capen (995).
242. Samuel6 Capen (Christopher,6 John,4 Preserved,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 20 Nov. 1760
and died in Dorchester 29 June 1843. He married
first, in Dorchester 20 Nov. 1793 Miriam Childs,
who was born 26 Feb. 1766 and died in Dorchester
18 April 1809.
Children born in Dorchester:
492. i. Mira' Capen, b. 18 Oct. 1794; m. in Dorchester 4 Feb.
1817 Elisha Preston of Boston.
The Capen Family
95
493. ii. Clarissa7 Capen, b. 26 Feb. 1796 “on the day on which
her mother was 30 years old”; d. 27 Jan. 1799.
494. iii. Caroline7 Capen, b. 27 June 1798; m. 30 May 1824
Isaiah D. Richards of Dorchester.
495. iv. Anna Maria7 Capen, b. 27 June 1798; m. 30 Mar. 1819
John Talbot, had John Talbot b. 24 Apr. 1820.
v. Child7 Capen, d. 30 Mar. 1801.
496. vi. Clarissa7 Capen, b. 30 May 1802.
497. vii. Abigail Jackson7 Capen, b. 28 Aug. 1805; d. 18 June
1806.
498. viii. Child7 Capen, d. 3 Feb. 1809 aged one week.
Samuel6 Capen married secondly, in Dorchester 2
Jan. 1812 Hannah White, who was born 6 May
1782 and died 24 Dec. 1843. She was daughter of
John and Mary ( ) White.
Children born in Dorchester:
+499. ix.
500. x.
501. xi.
+502. xii.
Samuel Childs7 Capen, b. 25 Dec. 1812.
Mary Fales' Capen, b. 23 Nov. 1815; d. 14 Apr. 1858;
m. 26 Oct. 1848 Warren Partridge, as his 2nd wife.
He was b. at Munson 2 Mar. 1810; d. Boston 30 Mar.
1871. He was son of David and Meriam (Partridge)
Partridge.
Sarah Meriam7 Capen, b. 7 Jan. 1819; d. 20 Apr. 1855.
John Lemuel7 Capen, b. 13 June 1822.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Stoughton (Canton) Rec¬
ords; N. E. H. & G. Register LVII, 397; Old North Burying
Ground, Dorchester, p. 247.
247. Anna6 Capen (Christopher,5 John,4 Preserved,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 7 Sept. 1770
and died 13 April 1853. She married in Stoughton
19 Oct. 1800 or 26 Nov. 1801 Samuel Clapp, who
was born 13 June 1766 and died 17 July 1830. He
was son of David and Ruth (Humphreys) Clapp.
Children :
i. Anna Larkin Clapp, b. 11 Nov. 1805; d. 16 May 1872;
m. William Harris.
ii. Samuel Capen Clapp, b. 1 Apr. 1810; d. 28 Oct. 1831.
The next Sunday after his death, his pastor preached
upon the text: “He was the only son of his mother
96
The Capen Family
and she was a widow.” A small volume of his writ¬
ings and a memoir of him were printed soon after his
death.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Clapp Genealogy.
248. Joseph6 Capex (Christopher,5 John,4 Preserved,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 23 Aug. 1772
and died 7 Feb. 1852. He married in Dorchester 1
Aug. 1802 Betsey Baker Williams, who was born
in Dorchester 24 May 1785. She was daughter of
Capt. Thomas and Elizabeth (Tolman) Williams.
+503.
504.
505.
+506.
507.
+508.
+509.
510.
+511.
Children born in Dorchester :
i. Charles7 Capen, b. 1 Dec. 1803; m. Catherine Collins.
ii. Otis7 Capen, b. 29 Sept. 1806; d. 14 Oct. 1806.
iii. Joseph' Capen, b. 24 July 1808; d. 2 Sept. 1830.
iv. Christopher' Capen, b. 5 Jan. 1810; m. Lydia Coffin.
v. Sarah7 Capen, b. Mar. 1812; d. 26 Mar. 1812.
vi. Ephraim' Capen, b. 6 Mar. 1813; m. Mary E. Lamson.
vii. Thomas Williams' Capen, b. 14 Dec. 1815; m. Cordelia
R. Wells.
viii. (Mary) Elizabeth7 Capen, b. 23 Apr. 1819; d. 7 Feb.
1896 um.
ix. Georoe Otis7 Capen, b. 3 Mar. 1824; m. Lucy Mead
Welch.
Authority: Dorchester B. M. D.
250. Ephraim' Capen (Christopher,5 John,4 Preserved,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 28 Dec. 1777
and died there 3 June 1839. He married (int. in
Stoughton 12 Sept. 1821) Mrs. Millie (Melatiah)
Billings of Canton, widow of Otis Billings and
daughter of Jonathan6 and Hannah (Glover)
Capen. She was born in Stoughton 21 Oct. 1787.
Children born in Stoughton:
512. i. Edwin Alfred7 Capen, b. 24 July 1822; d. y.
513. ii. George Francis' Capen, b. 3 Oct. 1823; m. Susan Hill.
514. iii. Jerusha' Capen, b. 24 Mar. 1831. A child of Ephraim
Capen d. 30 Mar. 1832.
515. iv. Thomas' Capen, d. in infancy.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Glover Memorial.
The Capen Family
97
251. Jabez6 Capen (Christopher,5 John,4 Preserved,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 30 April 1780
and died in Dorchester 14 Sept. 1815. He married
Mary Wood of Quincy.
Children born in Dorchester:
516. i. Mary' Capen, b. 30 July 1813; m. perhaps Capt. Stephen
N. Robinson 9 June 1831.
517. ii. Abigail Thayer7 Capen, b. 29 Sept. 1815.
Mary (Wood) Capen married secondly, 24 Oct.
1816 Clement Sumner and had Walter, Maria and
another.
Authorities : N. E. H. & G. Register VIII, p. 128K; Records
from Mrs. Georgia Capen Noyes (806); Dorchester B. M. D.
259. John6 Capen (John,6 John,4 Preserved,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 26 (24 gr. st.) Nov.
1776 and died in Wrentham 16 June 1861. He mar¬
ried first, in Dorchester 4 Nov. 1812 “Pegg”
Fales, widow of Perez F ales. She was daughter of
Ezra and Margaret (Daniels) Carpenter and was
born in Foxborough 13 May 1783. She died in
Wrentham 16 Oct. 1842.
Children :
518. i. Nancy J.7 Capen, b. 6 Feb. 1813; m. 16 Dec. 1847
James8 Capen (779) no ch.
+519. ii. Harriette Allen' Capen, b. 21 July 1816; m. Edward
Burton.
520. iii. Mary Ann7 Capen, b . ; m. 3 July 1837 Richard
Ridgeley. They moved to Illinois.
521. iv. Susan Maria7 Capen, b. 18 Nov. 1826 in Wrentham; d.
27 June (21 Apr. gr. st.) 1829.
John6 Capen married secondly, in Wrentham 7 May
1843 Mrs. Caroline Carpenter Starkey, widow of
Briggs Starkey and daughter of Charles and Pru¬
dence (Hicks) Allyn. She was born in Rehoboth
18 July 1808 and died in Wrentham 21 Apr. 1846.
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The Capen Family
Child born in Dorchester:
522. v. Thomas Allen' Capen, b. 12 June 1845; m., in Paw¬
tucket, R. I., 7 June 1877 M. Olive Greene, b. in N.
Kensington, R. I., 24 Aug. 1850, dau. of Samuel and
Amy Ann (Brown) Greene. No children.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D. ; Wrentham Vital Records.
260. Sarah Capen (John,6 John,4 Preserved,3 John,2
Bernard1*) born in Dorchester 4 Sept. 1780. She
married Joseph Ford.
Children born in Dorchester:
i. Bernard Ford, b. 23 Feb. 1804.
ii. Elizabeth Williams Ford, b. 11 July 1805.
iii. Seth Howard Ford, b. 6 Mar. 1807.
iv. Sarah Capen Ford, b. 20 May 1809; d. 25 May 1811.
v. Sarah Capen Ford, b. 21 June 1811.
vi. Caroline Ford, b. 24 Sept. 1813.
And probably these:
vii. Ann Ford [b. 1818] dau. of Joseph and Sarah Ford,
d. 12 Aug. 18 29 aged 1 1 years.
viii. Mary Ford [b. 1820] dau. of Joseph and Sarah Ford,
d. 16 July 1828 aged 8 years.
ix. (Lucy?) Ford [1825] dau. of Joseph and Sarah Ford,
buried 24 April 1826 aged 11 months.
x. (Sarah?) Ford, dau. of Joseph and Sarah Ford (gr. st.)
Authority: Dorchester B. M. D.; Gravestones “Old Dorchester
Burying Ground.”
263. Philip Ruggles6 Capen (Ephraim,5 John,4 Pre¬
served,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Mansfield, Conn.,
23 Aug. 1794, and died in Concord, Wis., 2 Oct.
1875. He married in Mansfield, Conn., 18 Feb.
1817 Julia Fenton, who was born in Mansfield,
Conn., 30 July 1799. She “died 6 Dec. 1870, aged
71 yrs. 4 mos. 6 dys.” according to her gravestone
in Concord, Wis. She was daughter of Elisha and
Philata (Storrs) Fenton.
Children, first eleven recorded in Mansfield,
Conn., all fifteen in Bible:
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99
523. i.
524. ii.
+525. iii.
526. iv.
527. v.
528. vi.
529. vii.
530. viii.
531. ix.
532. x.
533. xi.
534. xii.
535. xiii.
536. xiv.
+537. xv.
Philip Almondus7 Capen, b. 6 Jan. 1818; m. 29 Apr.
1841 Temperance C. Scovil.
Shubael Storrs7 Capen, b. 29 Apr. 1819; d. 25 Jan.
1823.
Dennison Dwight7 Capen, b. 4 Oct. 1820; m. Eliza
Warner.
Newman Greenough7 Capen, b. 24 Apr. 1822.
Randall T.7 Capen, b. 2 June 1823; m. 16 July 1847
Julia Armstrong.
Sarah Jane7 Capen, b. 23 Sept. 1824 (1825 Bible) “d.
18 July 1861 aged 35 yrs. 9 mos. 25 dys” (gr. st.
Concord, Wis.).
Julia Ann7 Capen, b. 9 July 1826; d. “17 Sept. 1829
aged 3 yrs. 3 mos. 8 dys” (gr. st. Concord, Wis.).
David Clark7 Capen, b. 10 Mar. 1828; “d. 21 Sept.
1829 aged 1 yr. 6. mos. 14 dys” (gr. st. Concord, Wis.).
Ebenezer Storrs7 Capen, b. 17 Dec. 1829.
Albert Julian7 Capen, b. 8 Nov. 1831.
Julia Ann7 Capen, b. 17 Aug. 1833; d. 25 Jan. 1890;
m. William T. Allen, 14 Nov. 1852. He d. 7 Aug.
1891. Ch. : Theda Allen m. David Sheller.
James M.7 Capen, b. 3 July 1834; d. “30 May 1863,
aged 27 yrs. 11 mos. 28 dys” (grave stone, Concord,
Wis.).
George A.7 Capen, b. 4 Apr. 1838; d. “31 Mar. 1863,
aged 25 yrs. 10 mos. 27 dys” (grave stone, Concord,
Wis.).
William L.7 Capen, b. 29 Aug. 1840; d. “30 Jan. 1863,
aged 22 yrs. 4 mos. 1 dy” (grave stone, Concord, Wis.).
This name and the two above are on one stone with
the words: “Died in the U. S. Army of 1863.”
Washington Franklin7 Capen, b. Roxbury, Conn., 4
July 1844, d. Weyauwega, Wis., 14 Feb. 1922; m. 1
Jan. 1868 Carrie L. Lyke.
“A child of Mr. Capon died 7 Jan. 1823” in Mansfield,
Conn.
Authorities : V. R. Mansfield, Conn., pp. 38, 75, 219, 309, 424;
Records from 1145; Records from Bible in possession of Mrs.
Theda (Allen) Sheller, dau. of 533, sent by 1143; Inscrip¬
tions and photograph of gravestone in Concord, Wis., sent
by 1143 of Kansas City, Mo.; Records from Mark Capen of
Weyauwega, Wis., 815. The dates in V. R. Mansfield, Conn.,
and in Bible do not, in every case, exactly agree.
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Seventh Generation
266. Mary7 Capen (Timothy,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Spencer 1 June 1756.
She married 2 May 1776 Oliver Hinds of Brook¬
field. He was born in Brookfield 14 April 1750
and died in N. Brookfield 3 Dec. 1828. He was
son of John and Alles (Alice) ( ) Hinds.
Children born in Brookfield:
i. David Hinds, b. 3 Apr. 1777.
ii. Jonathan Hinds, b. 30 July 1781.
iii. Joseph Hinds, b. 29 May 1784.
iv. Benjamin Hinds, b. 20 Jan. 1787.
v. Polly Hinds, b. 10 Feb. 1793; m. 16 Oct. 1814 Abraham
Hinds, her cousin.
vi. Eli Hinds, b. 6 Aug. 1795.
Authorities: Spencer Vital Records; Brookfield Vital Rec¬
ords; History N. Brookfield.
270. Patience7 Capen (Timothy,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4
John,3 John,2 Bernfird1) born in Spencer 3 May
1766. She married in Spencer 19 June 1794 Icha-
bod Sylvester, who was born in Leicester 3 Nov.
1767. He was son of Joshua and Ruth (Merritt)
Sylvester.
Children born in Leicester, except last one, in
Spencer.
i. Joseph Sylvester, b. 25 Apr. 1795.
ii. Levi Sylvester, b. 24 Sept. 1796.
iii. Silas Sylvester, b. 5 Dec. 1798.
iv. John Sylvester, b. 18 Dec. 1799.
v. Loammi Sylvester, b. 18 Apr. 1803.
Authorities : Spencer Vital Records; Leicester Vital Records.
273. James7 Capen (James,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Spencer 3 Aug. 1762 and
died there 3 April 1833. He married (recorded in
Brookfield and Spencer) 5 May 1785 Susanna
Drury of Brookfield. She was born 11 Apr. 1763
The Capen Family
101
and died in Spencer 28 July 1834. She was daugh¬
ter of William and Mary ( Shaw) Drury.
Children born in Spencer:
+538. i. Sybel8 Capen, b. 17 July 1785; m. Eleazer Adams.
+539. ii. Abraham8 Capen, b. 21 Jan. 1788; m. (1) Polly Hinds
(2) Anna Bemiss.
540. iii. Samuel8 Capen, b. 13 Feb. 1790; d. 16 Mar. 1790.
541. iv. Sukey8 Capen, b. 30 Mar. 1791; d. 11 Oct. 1794.
+542. v. James8 Capen, b. 26 July 1793; m. Nancy Adams.
543. vi. Nancy8 Capen, b. 9 Nov. 1795; d. 26 Oct. 1798.
+544. vii. Edmund8 Capen, b. 19 Jan. 1799; m. (?) Anna Hicks.
+545. viii. William8 Capen, b. 26 May 1800; m. Eliza Green.
+546. ix. Hiram8 Capen, b. 1 Dec. 1802; m. Adeline Adams.
Authorities: Spencer Vital Records; Brookfield Vital Records.
274. John7 Capen (John,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3
John,2 Bernard1) born (a) in Windsor, Vt., 31
May 1765 and died in Skaneateles, N. Y., 2 Mar.
1849. He married (a) June 1794 Rhoda Thomp¬
son who was born in Windsor, Vt., 25 May 1776
(Town Record says 1778). She was daughter of
Capt. Joseph and Rhoda ( ) Thompson.
She married secondly, 26 July 1849 Samuel Shaw.
She died 7 Sept. 1849. John Capen was a farmer
and miller. He was blind for about 50 years. He
removed from Windsor, Vt., to Skaneateles, N. Y.,
about 1805 or 1806.
Children first three born in Windsor, Vt., the
others in Skaneateles, N. Y. :
+547. i.
+548. ii.
+549. iii.
+550. iv.
+551. v.
+552. vi.
Persis8 Capen, b. 12 Nov. 1795; m. Bezaleel Shaw.
Cyrus8 Capen, b. 19 Apr. 1798; m. Delilah Scovil.
Laura8 Capen, b. 6 Apr. 1804; m. Levi Walker.
Luman Whitcomb8 Capen, b. 13 Sept. 1807; m. Sibil
Hopkins.
Sally Celina8 Capen, b. 31 Jan. 1812; m. William Eg¬
gleston.
John F.8 Capen, b. 17 Oct. 1816; m. Sarah S. Merrill,
(a) Birth and marriage not recorded in Vital Records at
Montpelier, Vt.
102
The Capen Family
Authority : “Descendants of John Capen (1765-1849) and
Rhoda Thompson” by Charles L. Capen, Bloomington, Ill.
27 5. Purchase1 Capex (Purchase,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4
John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in Belcher-
town, 3 May 1777 and died 6 May 1828. He mar¬
ried in 1805 Polly Jenks of Belchertown.
Child born in Belchertown:
+553. i. Dexter8 Capen, b . ; m. Cynthia Jenks.
Probably others.
w
Authority : Private records furnished by 558.
276. Samuel7 Capex (Purchase,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4
John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in Belcher¬
town, 25 June 1779 and died 9 Jan. 1814. Mar¬
ried .
Children:
554. i. Edmund" Capen "lived at one time in New York."
555. ii. Caroline8 Capen; m. Stiles Carrington of New York.
556. iii. Dwight8 Capen.
Authority : Private records furnished by 558.
278. Edmund7 Capex (Purchase,6 Samuel,0 Samuel,4
John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in Belcher¬
town, 26 Oct. 1782 and died 1 Aug. 1853. He mar¬
ried Jan. 1814 Susannah Browne, who was born
20 Mar. 1788 and died 4 Sept. 1860. She was
daughter of Phinehas and Lydia (Badcock)
Browne.
Children horn in Boston:
+557. i.
+558. ii.
559. iii.
560. iv.
561. v.
562. vi.
Edmund8 Capen, b. 11 Nov. 1814; m. Lodisa Fuller.
Susan8 Capen, b. 24 Dec. 1815; m. Joseph G. Gunderson.
William Browne8 Capen, b. 21 Sept. 1817; d. 1842 of
yellow fever in New Orleans, La.
Sylvester8 Capen, b. 3 Dec. 1818; d. 3 Oct. 1819.
Sylvester8 Capen, b. 9 Dec. 1819; d. 12 Dec. 1819.
Sarah Elizabeth8 Capen, b. 5 Jan. 1821; d. 17 Jan.
1 830.
The Capen Family
103
+563. vii. James Winchell8 Capen, b. 7 Nov. 1822; m. Zara
Whitney.
564. viii. Ellen Maria8 Capen, b. 18 Feb. 1825; d. 3 Apr. 1835.
Authority. Private records in family of 558.
280. Theodosia7 Capen (Purchase,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4
John,3 John,2 Bernard1;) born in Belchertown 12
Apr. 1786 and died 2 Feb. 1845. She married 10
June 1815, as second wife, John Fuller who was
born in Ludlow 30 April 1775 and died there 19
June 1840. He was son of Elisha and Rebecca
(Waterman) Fuller. He is said to be a descendant
of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower.
Children :
i. Lodisa Fuller, b. 26 Mar. 1816; m. Edmund8 Capen
(557).
ii. Purchase Dwight Fuller, b. 3 Nov. 1817.
iii. Marcia Asenath Fuller, b. 24 Aug. 1823; d. 15 Apr.
1906; m. David Kingsley.
Authorities : Fuller Genealogy; Private records in family of
558.
284. Sylvester7 Capen (Purchase,6 Samuel,3 Samuel,4
John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in Belcher¬
town, 26 Apr. 1797 and died there 30 Nov. 1856.
He married 5 Sept. 1833 Lydia Plumley of
Belchertown, who was born 15 Oct. 1799.
Children :
+565. i. Albert McKenzie8 Capen, b. 16 Oct. 1836; m. Emma
Wells.
+566. ii. Auburn P.8 Capen, b. 27 July 1837; m. 1st, Caroline
Poole, 2ndly, Mrs. Annie M. Faulkner.
Authority : Private records in family of 558.
286. Ebenezer7 Capen (Barnard,6 John,5 Samuel,4 John,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester 6 March
1754. He married in Dorchester 21 Dec. 1775
Mercy Holden, who was born 4 Jan. 1752 and
104
The Capen Family
died in Dorchester 1 Dec. 1813. She was daughter
of William and Hannah ( ) Holden.
Children born in Dorchester:
Elizabeth8 Capen, b. 21 July 1776.
John8 Capen, b. 5 Feb. 1779; m. Anna Goddard.
Hannah Holden8 Capen, b. Sept. 1782; m. Stephen
Wentworth.
Ebenezer8 Capen, b. Mar. 1785; m. Nancy or Ann
Chamberlain of Milton.
Thomas8 Capen, b. 4 Nov. 1788; d. 28 May (gr. st.)
30 May (T. R.) 1835.
Phinehas8 Capen, b. 12 July 1792; m. 1st . ;
2ndly, in Medford, Cylene Spear of Boston.
Benjamin8 Capen, b. June 1800; m. Thankful H. Hatch.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; “Old North Burying
Ground” Dorchester.
288. Elizabeth7 Capen (Barnard,6 John,5 Samuel,4
John,3 John,2 Bernard1 ) born in Dorchester 29 Apr.
17.58 and died there 25 Feb. 1826. She married in
Dorchester 3 Oct. 1777 Dea. James Humphreys,
who was born in Dorchester 4 June 1753 and died
there 13 July 1845. He was son of Henry and
Abigail ( ) Humphreys.
Children horn in Dorchester:
i. Jane Humphreys, b. 30 Apr. 1779; d. 9 Feb. 1810.
ii. Joseph Humphreys, b. 23 Apr. 1781.
iii. Elizabeth Humphreys, b. 22 Feb. 1783; m. 15 Dec.
1806 Capt. William Clapp.
iv. Hannah White Humphreys, b. 13 May 1785.
v. Sarah Humphreys, b. 31 Dec. 1786.
vi. Abigail Humphreys, b. 24 Jan. 1789.
vii. Lois Humphreys, b. 3 June 1791; d. 9 June 1795,
drowned.
viii. Barnard Humphreys, b. 31 Aug. 1792.
ix. Harris Humphreys, b. 12 Jan. 1794; d. 27 July 1804.
x. Lois Humphreys, b. 25 June 1796; d. 28 Feb. 1866, um.
xi. Mary Ann Humphreys, b. 1 1 Mar. 1799; d. Sept. 1882,
um.
567.
i.
+568.
ii.
+569.
iii.
+570.
iv.
571.
V.
+572.
vi.
+573.
vii.
The Capen Family
105
xii. Henry Humphreys, b. 8 Apr. 1801; m. Sarah Blake.
He d. 19 Apr. 1896.
Authority. Dorchester B. M. D.
290. Sarah7 Capen (Barnard,6 John,5 Samuel,4 John,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester 9 Oct. 1761.
She married in Dorchester Nov. 1780 John Foster,
who was born 18 May 1764. He was son of James
and Mary ( ) Foster.
Children born in Dorchester:
i. Hannah Capen Foster, b. 20 Sept. 1781.
ii. John Foster, b. 1 Feb. 1783.
iii. Sarah Foster, b. 25 Sept. 1784.
iv. Lemuel Foster, b. July 1786.
Authority : Dorchester B. M. D.
295. Ann7 Capen (Barnard,6 John,5 Samuel,4 John,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester 2 Mar. 1770
and died there 28 May 1854. She married in Dor¬
chester 12 Dec. 1792 John Tolman Jr. who was
born 21 Feb. 1768 and died 22 Sept. 1799. He was
son of John and Hannah (Hall) Tolman of Dor¬
chester.
Children born in Dorchester:
i. John Tolman, b. 1793; d. 9 Apr. 1855; m. 11 Oct. 1820
Hannah Clapp.
ii. Barnard Tolman, b. Oct. 1795; d. 6 Oct. 1796.
iii. Anna Tolman, b. 28 Nov. 1796; d. 30 Sept. 1799.
iv. Anna Tolman, b. 6 June 1800, several months after
her father’s death; d. 15 Mar. 1807.
Authority : Dorchester B. M. D.
304. Stoddard7 Capen (Hopestill,6 John,5 Samuel,4 John,3
John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in Boston, and,
probably died there, before 1829. His name ap¬
pears in Boston Directory in 1807, as shopkeeper,
25 Union St. In 1829 his widow’s name appears
in the Directory. He married in Boston 6 April
106
The Capen Family
1794 Margaret Franklin Jennings. Her name ap¬
pears in Boston Directory until about 1846 at 75
Bedford St.
Children:
574. i. Stoddard* Capen, named in Boston Directory from 1834
to 1844. He is called “Instructor.” Res. opposite 75
Bedford St.
574a. ii. Mary F.8 Capen. Res. 75 Bedford St. until 1846 when
it changes to 74 Bedford St. It appears that she lived
with her mother at 75 Bedford St. until about 1846
when she probably went to her brother’s “opposite”
at the time of her mother’s death.
Authorities: Boston Directories; Boston Marriages 1750+.
305. Thomas Capex (Hopestill,6 John,5 Samuel,4 John,3
John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in Boston, about
1763 and died there “1819 aged 56 years” (grave¬
stone, Mt. Auburn Cemetery). He married in Bos¬
ton 8 Mar. 1796 Jane Noble, who was born about
1778 and died in Boston “Jan. 1844 aged 66 years”
(gravestone, Mt. Auburn). She was daughter of
Arthur and Mary (Goffe) Noble.
Child: (perhaps others).
i. Charlotte Harrison8 Capen; m. John Sowdon, Jr.
Had Arthur John Clark Sowdon, b. Boston 6 March
1885 , d. 8 June 1911.
A uthorities: Noble Genealogy; Year Books Society of Colonial
Wars; Gravestones Mount Auburn Cemetery'; Mt. Auburn
Cemetery Catalogue; N. E. H. & G. Register, Vol. LXVI,
p. LXXvI.
311. Aaron Davis7 Capen (John,6 John,5 Edward,4 Sam¬
uel,1 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester 5 Dec.
1805. He married in Walpole, N. H., 6 Jan. 1842
(int. Dorchester 5 Dec. 1841) Mary A. Sparhawk
of Walpole, N. H. He was living in 1881 for in
that year he was present at the supper of the An¬
cient and Honorable Artillery Company, with
The Capex Family
107
others who had paraded with him more than 50
years before. He was made a member of that com¬
pany in 1829.
Child born in Dorchester:
575. i. Georgiana Sparhawk8 Capen, b. 8 Feb. 1843.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Vital Records from State
Registrar of N. Hamp.; Roll books A. & H. A. Co. Ill, p.
70 & IV, p. 301.
312. John Henry7 Capen (John,6 John,6 Edward,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1,) born in Dorchester 2 or 20
Oct. 1807. He married Abbie Dyer Cook who
died 2 Mar. 1850.
Children :
+576. i. John Davis8 Capen, b. 22 Oct. 1832; m. Mary F. Hewitt.
577. ii. Abbie Bird8 Capen, b. 19 Nov. 1834; d. 17 Apr. 1876.
578. iii. George Walcott8 Capen, b. 5 July 1837. Living 1915
in California, 3 ch. Abbie,9 John,9 William.9
579. iv. Mary Perrin8 Capen, b. 21 July 1839; d. Calif. 1913.
580. v. Henry Edward8 Capen, b. 13 Nov. 1842; d. 1912.
581. vi. Anna Matilda8 Capen, b. 13 May 1845; d. 1905.
582. vii. Charles Arthur8 Capen, b. 8 Nov. 1849.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Records sent 1915 by John
H. Capen, New York City (905).
322. Edward7 Capen (Rev. Lemuel,6 John,6 Edward,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester 20
Oct. 1821 and died in Haverhill 20 Oct. 1901. He
married in Quincy 9 July 1849 Anna Augusta
Saville, who was born in Quincy. She was daughter
of John and Mary (Webb) Saville. She was living
in Haverhill in 1915. Edward Capen was a grad¬
uate of Harvard.
Child:
583. i. Anna8 Capen, b. 8 July 1863, living 1915 in Haverhill;
a graduate of Smith College, took post graduate course
at Cornell, later, studied abroad; a tutor, editor,
essayist and critic.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Who’s Who in Ana. 1914-15.
108
The Capen Family
323. Charles James7 Capex (Rev. Lemuel,6 John,6 Ed¬
ward,4 Samuel,0 John,2 Bernard1) born in South
Boston 5 April 1823 and died in Dedham 2 Oct.
1910. He married first 26 April 1848 Lucy Rich¬
mond Seaver, who died in 1881.
Children :
+584. i. Charles Lemuel8 Capen, b. 9 Feb. 1850; m. Elizabeth
S. Fellows.
585. ii. Edward" Capen, b. 2 June 18 — ; m. 12 Oct. 1886 Mary
Louise Drayton. He d. 12 Oct. 1894. “Killed in the
Bussey Bridge disaster.”
Charles James7 Capen married secondly, 28 June
1883 Caroline Elizabeth Guild of Dedham. She
was living in 1911. He was graduated from the
Hawes School in South Boston, of which his father
had been the first teacher, and from Harvard Col¬
lege in 1844. He became a professor of the classics.
In 1869 he introduced the, probably, ancient pro¬
nunciation of Latin in Boston, which is now used
almost universally. He was also a self taught mu¬
sician of much note as a teacher and performer. He
was a teacher for sixty-five years and was familiar¬
ly known to his pupils as “Cudjo.” He retired in
June 1910 and died in Oct. of same year.
Authorities: Dedham Hist. Register IX-107; Boston Post 5
July 1910.
328. Aaron7 Capen (Gen. Aaron,6 John,5 Edward,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester 11 Oct.
1822; m .
Children :
586. i. Edwin8 Capen.
587. ii. Charles8 Capen.
588. iii. H — E — 8 Capen.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Notes from H. E. Capen
(588).
The Capen Family
109
334. Samuel' Capen (Samuel/ Josiah,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Braintree 3 Nov. 1769.
He married, in Cambridge probably, 14 Oct. 1792
Abigail Prentiss, who was daughter of Stephen
and Esther (Cutler) Prentiss.
Children born in Cambridge:
589. i. Samuel8 Capen, b. 25 June 1793.
590. ii. John8 Capen, b. 26 July 1795.
591. iii . 8 Capen, b . “d. a child of Samuel
Capen in Braintree 8 Feb. 1798 aged 2 days,” probably
a child of Samuel.7
Authorities : Braintree Records 833; Cambridge Vital Records.
335. Josiah7 Capen (Samuel,6 Josiah/ Samuel/ Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Braintree 8 Aug. 1771
and died in Hartford, Conn., 5 Nov. 1843. He
married in Hartford, Conn., 28 Aug. 1797 Betsey
Wadsworth, who was born 3 Aug. 1776 and died
4 March 1871. She was daughter of Capt. John
W adsworth who served in the Revolution.
Children :
+592.
•
l.
+593.
• •
n.
+594.
• • •
in.
595.
iv.
596.
V.
597.
vi.
598.
• •
Vll.
599.
• • •
Vlll.
Josiah8 Capen, b. 8 Jan. 1798; m. Jane Spencer.
Henry8 Capen, b. 14 May 1799; m. Melissa Loomis.
Sarah8 (Sally) Capen, b. 16 Dec. 1800; m. Samuel
Collins Loomis.
Jerusha8 Capen, b. 8 Dec. 1802; m. George E. Bingham
of Andover, 11 July 1839.
Mary8 Capen, b. 26 Mar. 1804; m. Abner F. Wadsworth
of Hartford, Conn., 11 May 1825.
Eliza8 Capen, b. 26 Mar. 1806.
Abigail8 Capen, b. 6 Mar. 1808; d. 6 Oct. 1909.
Samuel8 Capen, b . 1810; m. 13 Mar. 1834
Annis Wilson b. 9 Aug. 1811. She was dau. of Joel
and Annis (Skinner) Wilson.
Authorities : Records of Josiah Cleveland Capen (912) of
Hartford, Conn.; Hist. Second Church of Hartford, Conn.;
Stiles Ancient Windsor II, 795.
336. Mary7 Capen (Josiah,6 Josiah,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Watertown and baptized
110
The Capex Family
there 18 Oct. 1772 by Rev. Richard W. Eliot. She
married 16 Dec. 1787 Jeremiah Fowle in Water-
town. He was born in Watertown 17 Dec. 1760
and was son of Edmund and Abigail (Whitney)
F owle.
Children born in Watertown:
i. Caroline Fowle, b . ; m. Samuel Etherage of
Charlestown (int. 17 Sept. 1814) ch. (1) Mary Capen
Etherage, b. 3 May 1815, (2) Jeremiah Fowle Ether-
age, b. 2 Feb. 1817.
ii. Cromwell Fowle, b. about 1801; d. 25 May 1823 aged
22.
Mary7 (Capen) Fowle married secondly, 21 Nov.
1802 William Wells Wyman of Boston. He was
born 20 Feb. 1775 and was son of Col. Isaac and
Sarah (Wells) Wyman. He died in Keene, N. H.,
in 1811. They had two daughters.
Authorities: Bond’s Watertown 226 + 765; Charlestown Gen¬
ealogies 336; Watertown Records 111-177, IV; Hist of Keene,
N. H., 670.
339. Josiah7 Capex (Josiah,6 Josiah,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Watertown 14 March
1787 and died in Boston 8 Nov. 1865. He married
in Boston 15 June 1815 Marietta Gridley, who was
born in Roxburv 27 Oct. 1792 and died in Boston
19 Jan. 1875. She was daughter of William and
Elizabeth (Woods) Gridley.
Children born in Boston:
600. i.
+601. ii.
602. iii.
+603. iv.
+604. v.
+605. vi.
Marietta8 Capen, b. 1816; m. Stephen Macomber.
Josiah Ames8 Capen, b. 16 Mar. 1820; m. Mary Jane
Scott.
Elizabeth8 Capen, b . ; d. 17 Oct. 1822.
William Willard8 Capen, b. 26 Sept. 1822; m. Francis
E. Fishley.
Charles Henry8 Capen, b. 10 Sept. 1825; m. Elizabeth
D. Sticknev.
9
Ann Rebecca8 Capen, b. 24 Aug. 1828; m. Leonard P.
Holden.
Old Capen House, Eastport, Maine
built in 1811 by Alexander Capen ( much changed, from original).
The Capen Family
. Ill
606. vii. Franklin8 Capen, b. July 1831; d. 20 Sept. 1837.
607. viii. Caroline8 Capen, b . ; d. y.
+608. ix. Mary Elizabeth8 Capen, b. 28 Dec. 1833; m. Benj. F.
Cutler.
Authorities : Boston Directories, Watertown Records, Notes
from Alice R. Capen (921), grand dau. of Josiah.7
340. Rebecca7 Capen (Josiah,6 Josiah,5 Samuel,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Watertown about
1790 and died in Chelsea 10 July 1869. She mar¬
ried in Keene, N. H., 24 March 1807 Thomas F.
Ames who was born in Easton about 1783 and
died in Keene, N. H., 9 Dec. 1859. (Ch. Rec. says
8 Dec.)
Children born in Keene, N. H.:
i. Ann Rebecca Ames, b. 27 May 1809.
ii. Jane Fay Ames, b. 24 Dec. 1811.
iii. Thomas Capen Ames, b. 4 Jan. 1814.
iv. Silas Fay Ames, b. 30 June 1816.
v. Marietta Gridley Ames, b. 4 Aug. 1818.
vi. Frances Maria Ames, b. 24 Sept. 1820.
vii. Caroline Fowle Ames, b. 12 July 1822.
viii. George Lafayette Ames, b. 5 Sept. 1824.
ix. Horace Leavitt Ames, b. 6 Sept. 1833.
Authority : Keene N. H. Vital Statistics.
341. Alexander7 Capen (Benjamin,6 Josiah,5 Samuel,4
Samuel,3 John,3 Bernard1) born in Watertown 30
Jan. 1779 and died in Eastport, Me., 21 Nov. 1873.
He married at Newport, R. I., 5 Mar. 1799 Jane
Kenwood of Portland, Me. She was born 12 Mar.
1774 and died in Eastport, Me., 22 Sept. 1848.
Children born first 5 in Portland, Me., last 4 in
Eastport, Me.:
+609. i. Alexander8 Capen, b. 12 Aug. 1800; m. Elizabeth Cum¬
mings.
+610. ii. John8 Capen, b. 26 July 1801; m. Sarah A. Leighton.
+611. iii. David8 Capen, b. 3 Apr. 1803; m. Elizabeth Ann Hitch-
ings.
112
The Capen Family
+612. iv. Edward8 Capen, b. 5 July 1805; m. Elsie Shaw Wood¬
bury.
+613. v. Charles8 Capen, b. 27 Mar. 1807; m. Susan Clark.
+614. vi. Elizabeth8 Capen, b. 7 July 1808; m. Sidney Gates.
+615. vii. Jane8 Capen, b. 29 Dec. 1810; m. P. Nelson.
+616. viii. Benjamin8 Capen, b. 8 Dec. 1813; m. Martha Tucker.
+617. ix. Mary Ann8 Capen, b. 14 Oct. 1815; m. Humphrey Pike.
Alexander7 Capen left his father s house in Water-
town, at the age of 14, and learned the joiners
trade. At the age of 19 he enlisted in the U. S.
Army and was stationed at Portland, Me., Pots-
mouth, N. H., Newport, R. I., Pittsburg, Pa., and
Kaskaskia, near St. Louis, Mo. At St. Louis he
received his discharge and returned to Portland,
Me. The journey occupied 2 months. In 1809 he
went to Eastport, Me., and in 1811 he erected a
house which still is standing although much
changed (1928).
Authorities : “Alexander Capen’s Family” by Andrew Tucker
Capen, Mattoon, Ill.; Watertown Records IV, 169; Bangor
Hist. Magazine II, 151; Letters from Eastport in 1928.
342. David7 Capen (Benjamin/ Josiah,5 Samuel,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born about 1782 and died 2
Feb. 1850 aged 68 (gr. st. Saugus Center). He
married in Lynn 18 Feb. 1808 Lucy Mansfield who
was born in Lynn 26 Oct. 1776 and died in Saugus
26 June 1847 aged 70 (gr. st. Saugus Center).
She was daughter of Samuel and Rachel ( )
Mansfield.
Children born, first two in Lynn, third in
Saugus :
+618. i. Thomas G.8 Capen, b. 14 Jan. 1809; m. Elizabeth
Hodgkins.
+619. ii. Lydia8 Capen, b. 21 Apr. 1811; m. Porter Downing.
+620. iii. Harriet8 Capen, b. 27 July 1815; m. Henry Sprague.
Authorities: Lynn Vital Records; Essex Institute Collections
XXV, 64; Inscriptions Old Burying Ground, Saugus Center.
The Capen Family
113
343. Benjamin7 Capen (Benjamin,6 Josiah,6 Samuel,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Brighton 12
Feb. 1798 and died in Holliston 4 Sept. 1848 “aged
50 yrs. 6 mos. 20 ds.” He married in Sherborn
11 Nov. 1822 Rebecca Sanger, probably the Re¬
becca Sanger born in Sherborn 8 Feb. 1799, who
was daughter of David and Susanna (Johnson)
Sanger.
Children :
+621. i. Benjamin8 Capen, m. Euphemia C. Willis.
+622. ii. Ellen8 or Helen Capen, m. Jonathan T. Morse.
+623. iii. Elizabeth8 Capen, m. Benjamin Ware.
Authorities : Holliston Records; Sherborn Records.
344. Mary Esther7 Capen (Lemuel,6 Josiah,5 Samuel,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Milton 25 Sept.
1793. She married in Holden 28 May 1816 Joseph
Crosby, as his second wife. He died in Holden 1
March 1830 “aged 44 years” (gr. st.).
Children born in Holden:
i. Simon Crosby, b. 5 Feb. 1817.
ii. Jonas How Crosby, b. 29 Mar. 1819; d. 10 Oct. 1820.
iii. Moses Crosby, b. 19 Jan. 1821.
iv. Mary Pierce Crosby, b . ; d. 17 Apr. 1823
“aet 10 ds.”
v. Orestus Crosby, b. 14 July 1824.
Authorities : Milton Vital Records; Holden Vital Records.
347. John7 Capen (Samuel,6 Robert,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 11 Mar. 1770
and died before 1806. He married (int. in Stough¬
ton July 1799) Betsey Tucker. (The Tucker Gen¬
ealogy calls her Elizabeth.) She was born in
Stoughton 13 Feb. 1779 and died 19 Feb. 1810.
She was daughter of John and Rachel (Thomp¬
son) Tucker.
114
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Child born in Stoughton:
+624. i. Eliza8 Capen, m. Elisha Crane.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Tucker Genealogy
p. 94.
348. Olive Capen (Samuel,6 Robert,0 Samuel,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 28 Sept. 1772
and died 12 May 1859. She married in Stoughton
5 April 1792 Nathaniel Wentworth, who was born
in Stoughton 11 Nov. 1761 and died 9 July 1849.
He was son of Samuel and Sarah (Puffer) Went¬
worth of Stoughton.
Children born in Stoughton:
i. Nathaniel Wentworth, b. 21 June 1795.
ii. Sophia Wentworth, b. 31 July 1792; m. Nathaniel
Franklin II. She d. 1 Nov. 1860.
iii. I.arra Wentworth, b. 6 Sept. 1799; d. 3 Dec. 1858.
iv. Edwin Wentworth, b. 1 April 1805.
v. Francis Wentworth, b. 26 June 1809; d. 31 Dec. 1859;
m. (1) Amanda Buck of Me. (2) Melvina P. Allen
of Me.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Wentworth Gen¬
ealogy.
349. Samuel7 Capen (Samuel,6 Robert,5 Samuel,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 27 May
1777 and died in Canton 22 Jan. 1863. He mar¬
ried (int. in Stoughton 7 Aug. 1806) Lois Howard
(Hayward) of Canton, who was born 8 Feb. 1780.
She was daughter of Reuben and Rachel ( )
Howard (Hayward). On the 23rd of July 1846
she attended an Old Folks Party given in the
tavern built by Samuel6 Capen.
Children born in Stoughton:
625. i. John8 Capen, b. 28 April 1808.
+625 a. ii. George8 Capen, b. 3 Sept. 1817; m. in Stoughton 31
Mar. 1843 Clarissa Bussey Boyden b. 27 Jan. 1818
in Dorchester, dau. of Daniel and Susan (Cleveland)
Boyden.
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115
+625b. iii. Charlotte Foster8 Capen, m. 19 Dec. 1841 Joseph
Hayward, b. 3 Mar. 1810. Ch. : (1) Samuel Manley
Hayward, b. 27 June 1748, (2) Wilmot Joseph Hay¬
ward, b. 4 Jan. 1849 in N. Bridgewater.
Authorities: Thomas Boyden and his Descendants 51; Stough¬
ton (Canton) Records; Hist. N. Bridgewater 518; Records
from Samuel H. Capen (963b), grandson of 349.
850. Dr. Robert7 Capen (Andrew,6 Robert,5 Samuel,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1;) born in Stoughton 12
Oct. 1790 and died in Boston 6 Nov. 1853. He
married first, in Stoughton 17 Dec. 1820 Joanna
Bird, who was born in Stoughton 28 Feb. 1786 and
died 8 March 1822 aged 36. She was daughter of
Lemuel and Sarah (Buckman) Bird. He married
secondly, Mary Thompson, who was born in Mid-
dleboro probably, 14 April 1790. She was daugh¬
ter of Isaac and Lucy (Sturtevant) Thompson.
He was a physician and practised in Boston from
1841 till his death.
Child:
625c. i. Robert S.8 Capen, living in Boston in 1854.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Boston Directories.
357. Nahum7 Capen (Andrew,6 Robert,5 Samuel,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 1 April
1804 and died in Dorchester 8 Jan. 1886. He mar¬
ried 14 Oct. 1830 Elizabeth Ann Moore, who was
born 17 Dec. 1806. She was daughter of William
Moore of Boston. She died 7 July 1897.
Children :
626. i. Nahum8 Capen, b. 12 Nov. 1831; d. 10 Apr. 1834.
627. ii. Elizabeth Sprague8 Capen, b. 12 Feb. 1835; m. 30
Jan. 1865 Shelton Barry, ch.: (1) Caroline Shelton
Barry, (2) Elizabeth Capen Barry, (3) Shelton Barry,
m. Alice Kempton, (4) Martha Worthing Barry, m.
Edward McKim Hagar, (5) Edmund Drinan Barry,
m. Catherine Clapp Humphries.
116
The Capen Family
628. iii. Edward Nahum8 Capen, b. 24 June 1838; d. Dorchester
6 Feb. 1915.
629. iv. Mary Anna8 Capen, b. 7 July 1840 in Dorchester; m. 23
May 1861 Alfred Churchill Thacher. Ch. : (1) George
Churchill Thacher, (2) Maria Howard Thacher, (3)
Elizabeth Moore Thacher.
Nahum' Capen received a good education. In 1823,
at the age of 19, he translated “Plutarch’s Lives,”
the same year he wrote a series of articles on “free
trade”; in 1825 he became member of book publish¬
ing firm of March, Capen & Lyon. He was one of
the first publishers to propose to Congress the en¬
actment of copy right laws. He was chosen by
Hawthorne to read his first book. He organized
the first Mutual Life Insurance Co., wrote the
“History of Democracy”; while postmaster of Bos¬
ton, introduced street letter boxes ; was a prominent
Mason. In 1840 he purchased property in Dor¬
chester which he named Mount Ida.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; N. E. H. & G.
Register XLI, 324; Boston Transcript 8 Feb. 1915; Mass. Gen¬
ealogies IV, 2156; D. A. R. Lineage Book IX, 157.
363. Eleanor7 Capen (Jonathan/ Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 11
July 1784 and died in Boston 20 July 1839. Her
grave is in Stoughton. She married in 1824 Joseph
S. Andrews, formerly of Warren, Me. He died in
Boston a few years after their marriage, leaving
no children. She was called “an industrious and
ingenious woman.”
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records, Glover Memorial,
373.
365. Melatiah7 (Milly) Capen (Jonathan,6 Jonathan,5
Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Stoughton 21 Oct. 1787. She married first, in
Stoughton 22 July (probably int.) or 13 Aug.
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117
1815 Otis Billings, who was born 1780 and died in
Stoughton 10 Oct. 1820. He was son of John Jr.
and Unity (Shepard) Billings. No records found
of children. She married secondly, (int. 12 Sept.
1821) Ephraim Capen (250). She was hying in
Canton in 1866. For children see Ephraim Capen
(250).
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Glover Memorial.
866. Rachel7 Capen (Jonathan,6 Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 18
Nov. 1789 and died 12 Jan. 1879. She married 2
or 7 Sept. 1809 Stephen Blake Jr. of Canton. He
was born in Stoughton 21 June 1783 and died there
25 Sept. 1860. He was son of Stephen Sr. and
Chloe (Wentworth) Blake. They lived in New
Bedford.
Children :
i. Aaron Blake, b. 18 June 1810; m. Elizabeth R. Wright
and resided in Hope, Me.
ii. Jane Blake, b. 31 Dec. 1811; m. Theophilus Capen
Clapp of Dorchester.
iii. Elijah Blake, b. 19 June 1814; m. Hannah B. Morrell,
and lived in Newton, Long Island, N. Y.
iv. Jonathan Blake, b. 19 Feb. 1817; d. 13 Sept. 1825.
v. Edmund Blake, b. 24 July 1819; m. Caroline L. Fay of
Marlborough.
vi. Rachel Blake, b. 10 Oct. 1823; d. 17 Jan. 1825.
vii. Jerusha C. Blake, b. 4 July 1826; m. Jonathan C.
Hawes of New Bedford.
viii. Phinehas Blake, b. 24 June 1828; d. 9 Apr. 1829.
ix. Caroline Blake, b. 15 Oct. 1830; d. 25 July 1844.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records, Wentworth Gen¬
ealogy, Glover Memorial.
367. Azubah7 Capen (Jonathan,6 Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 15
or 17 Nov. 1790 and died aged 67. She married 16
July 1820, as his second wife, Levi Hawes Jr. of
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The Capen Family
New Bedford. He was born in Canton 25 May
1791. He was son of Levi and Phebe (Henry)
Hawes.
Children born in New Bedford:
i. Eleanor Hawes, b. 23 Nov. 1821; m. James Hill of
New Bedford.
ii. Azubah Hawes, b. 7 May 1823; m. Elphrustone M.
Smith of New Bedford.
iii. Levi Hawes, b. 4 Dec. 1824; m. Abby Macomber of
Providence, R. I.
iv. Jonathan C. Hawes, b. 8 May 1826; m. Jerusha C.
Blake of Stoughton, his cousin, dau. of 366.
v. Thomas C. Hawes, b. 2 Mar. 1828; m. Mrs. Elizabeth
(Sisson) Ward.
vi. Elisha Hawes, b. 6 Oct. 1829; m. Abby (Macomber)
Hawes, widow of his brother Levi.
vii. David Cobb Hawes, b. 15 June 1832; m. Mary Hannah
Sanborn of Hampton Falls, N. H.
Authorities i Stoughton (Canton) Records; The Glover Mem¬
orial.
370. John7 Capen (John/’ Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel/
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 15 Aug. 1780
and died 25 Dec. 1866. He married in Stoughton
10 Feb. or Mar. 1805 Mary Gay, who was born 5
Sept. 1782 and died 8 Mar. 1845. She was daughter
of Moses and Mary (Hodges) Gay.
Child:
+630. i. John8 Capen, b. 31 July 1820; m. 1st, Betsey Brett; m.
2ndly, Adeline (Talbot) Pierce.
Authorities: Stoughton (Canton) Records; Hodges Family
172; Records furnished by Mattie B. Capen (995).
372. Nathan7 Capen (John/1 Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 25 March
1786 and died in Goshen, Vt., 12 March 1852. He
married in Pittsford, Vt., 1 Sept. 1813 Mary Brock
Jepherson, who was born in Douglas 29 March
1786 and died in Goshen, Vt., 21 July 1864. She
The Capen Family
119
was daughter of Ezekiel and Hepzibah ( )
Jepherson.
Children:
+631. i. Mary Asenath8 Capen, b. 16 Mar. 1815; d. 1907; m.
Justus N. Darte.
+632. ii. Nathan8 Capen, b. 28 Apr. 1816; m. Rebecca Hooker.
+633. iii. John8 Capen, b. 23 Mar. 1818; m. Adeliza Charlotte
Child.
+634. iv. Charles Ransom8 Capen, b. 21 July 1823. He moved
early to Mich.
635. v. Gilbert8 Capen, b. 2 Aug. 1825; d. 26 July 1826.
636. vi. Minerva8 Capen, b. 14 May 1827; d. 26 Apr. 1913 in
N. Attleboro; m. Numan Allen in Goshen, Vt., 27
Jan. 1846. He was b. Goshen, Vt., 31 Oct. 1821 and
d. there 15 Mar. 1886. Ch. : (1) Alden Numan Allen,
b. 10 Sept. 1850; d. 4 Mar. 1869, (2) Velma Aadel
Allen, b. 8 Feb. 1854; m. 20 Mar. 1889 David M.
Martell. Ch.: (a) Numan Allen Martell, b. 6 Oct.
1894, (3) Nathan Capen Allen, b. 26 Sept. 1863; d.
16 Apr. 1890.
Authorities : N. E. H. & G. Register VI, 209; Notes from C.
R. Ford Capen, Goshen, Vt. ; Mrs. Velma A. Martell, dau. of
636; Stoughton Records, and 995.
374. Adam7 Capen (John,6 Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 27 April
1791 and died there 22 July 1879. He married first,
in Brockton 4 June 1816 Huldah Packard, who
was born in Bridgewater 30 May 1791 and died
in Stoughton 17 June 1828. She was daughter of
Capt. Robert and Sarah (Perkins) Packard.
Children born in Stoughton :
637. i. Child8 Capen, b. 1 Sept. 1817; d. same day.
+638. ii. Jonathan8 Capen, b. 26 Nov. 1818; m. Abigail Belcher.
638^. iii. Daughter8 Capen, b . ; d. 17 April 1820.
639. iv. Adam8 Capen Jr., b. 6 May 1821; d. 11 Nov. 1907, um.
+640. v. Robert Packard8 Capen, b. 6 May 1824; m. Cynthia
Brett.
vi. Daughter8 Capen, b. Mar. 1828; d. 17 April 1828.
vii. Ebenezer8 Capen, b. Mar. 1828; d. 1 June 1828.
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Adam Capen' married secondly, in Canton 4 Mar.
1832 Mrs. Betsey Faunce (Tilson) Belcher, widow
of Elijah Belcher. She was born in Carver 28 Mar.
1803 and died in Stoughton 2 Dec. 1846.
Children born in Stoughton:
+641. viii. Huldah8 Capen, b. 8 Feb. 1833; m. Elisha Gill.
+642. ix. Elijah Belcher8 Capen, b. 18 Aug. 1835; m. Harriet
L. Gill.
643. x. Bessie Tilson8 Capen, b. 29 Dec. 1838. She was many
years a teacher and proprietor of “Miss Capen’s School
for Girls” in Northampton; d. 11 Feb. 1920.
644. xi. Stephen Tilson8 Capen, b. 1844; d. 1848.
Authorities : Bridgewater Vital Records; N. E. H. & G. Reg¬
ister XXXIII, 458; Brockton Vital Records; Mass. Genealogies
1589; Family Records from Miss Bessie T. Capen of North¬
ampton.
375. Peter7 Capen (John,6 Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1') born in Stoughton 6 Dec.
1793 and died there 26 Sept. 1864. He married in
Canton 9 Jan. 1820 Lucy Moreton, who died 30
Dec. 1875 “aet 79 yrs. 10 mos. 6 ds.” She was
daughter of Eleazer and Lucy (Lyon) Moreton
(Morton) .
Children:
645. i.
646. ii.
647. iii.
648. iv.
649. v.
Frederick8 Capen, b. about 1820; d. in Stoughton 21
Apr. 1897, “aet 76 yrs. 7 mos. 16 ds.”; m. Jane E.
. of Scituate, who d. 9 Dec. 1902 “aet 71 yrs.
9 ms. 16 ds.”
Clementina Lucy8 Capen, b. 3 Apr. 1823; d. 27 Feb.
1883; m. 15 June 1845 Rufus Wentworth, b. 1819;
d. in California 4 Nov. 1850. He was son of Seth
and Prudence (Tilden) Wentworth, ch.: Elmer Clar¬
ence Wentworth, b. 28 Dec. 1848; d. Jan. 1915.
Prudence Farrington8 Capen, b. 17 Sept. 1824; um.
Melinda M.8 Capen, b. 1825; d. 1911; m. 25 Aug. 1846
Daniel Harris, son of Joshua and Mary ( )
Harris of Rumney, N. H., ch. : Fred Harris.
Emily M.8 Capen, b. 1828; d. 1863; m. 21 Sept. 1862
Elisha Withington, b. 18 Jan. 1826, son of Nathan
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121
and Sally (Wentworth) Withington. They lived in
Dorchester.
649a. vi. Lucy Abby8 Capen, b. 29 Aug. 1830; m. Emory Hawes.
649b. vii. Mary C.8 Capen, b. 1832; d. 24 Jan. 1849.
Authorities : Wentworth Genealogy II, 344; Notes from Mattie
B. Capen of Stoughton (995).
376. George7 Capen (John,6 Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 27 June
1796 and died there 9 Sept. 1873. He married in
Stoughton 17 Oct. 1819 Elizabeth Upham Pitcher
who was born 31 Dec. 1799 and died 29 July 1884.
She was daughter of Abijah and Rebecca (Bailey)
Pitcher.
Children born in Stoughton :
+650. i. George8 Capen, b. 3 May 1820; m. Lucy Ann Talbot.
+651. ii. Alden8 Capen, b. 4 Jan. 1822; m. Betsey B. Packard.
+652. iii. Amity8 Capen, b. 6 Apr. 1824; m. Theophilus R. Brown.
+653. iv. Hiram8 Capen, b. 26 Jan. 1826; m. Mary Z. Linfield.
+654. v. Susan8 Capen, b. 10 May 1829; m. Charles Osborn Gould.
+655. vi. Isaac8 Capen, b. 12 Dec. 1834; m. Harriet A. Drake.
+656. vii. Ann8 Capen, b. 15 Aug. 1836; m. Persons Bartlett.
657. viii. Abijah8 Capen, b. 1839; d. 5 Mar. 1840 “aet 8 mos.”
+658. ix. Emma8 Capen, b. 9 Oct. 1841 ; m. Loring W. Tucker.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Records sent by
Mattie B. Capen of Stoughton (995).
377. Theophilus7 Capen (Theophilus,6 Jonathan,6 Jo¬
nathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Ver¬
mont about 1790 and died in Gainesville, Wyoming
Co., N. Y., 5 Sept. 1824. He married at Pittsford,
Vt., 1817 Miranda Colton, who was born in En¬
field Apr. 1795 and died 28 April 1860. She was
daughter of Dea. Reuben and Sally (Harwood)
Colton of Enfield.
Theophilus7 Capen, a graduate of Harvard College,
was a lawyer, practiced in Salisbury, Vt., Warsaw,
N. Y., and Gainesville, N. Y.
122
The Capen Family
Children :
+659. i.
+660. ii.
661. iii.
+662. iv.
Sarah P.8 Capen, b. 8 June 1818; m. 1st, Isaac M.
Dimond; m. 2ndly, Douglas Putnam.
Miranda Colton8 Capen, b. 19 Dec. 1820; m. Myron
Harwood Crafts.
Mary8 Capen, b. Apr. 1822 in Warsaw, N. Y., m. in
1844 Hubbard Dunckler.
Rachel8 Capen, b. Apr. 1824; m. 1st, Dr. James Harri¬
son Grey; m. 2ndly, Charles Merriam.
Authorities : Colton Genealogy 91; Dimond Genealogy 58, 61+.
378. Jonathan7 Capen (Theophilus,6 Jonathan,5 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1'!) born in Vassal-
boro, Me., 10 May 1804. He married first, Jan.
1831 Emorov S. Blanchard of West Rutland, Vt.
She died 15 Dec. 1850.
Children :
663. i.
664. ii.
665. iii.
+666. iv.
+667. v.
Eliza Stuart8 Capen, b. 2 July 1837; d. 23 Sept. 1907.
She m. William Gilmore of W. Rutland, Vt. 1. ch.:
Robert Gilmore.
Flavia Caroline8 Capen, b . ; m. May 1865
Albert E. Hall; d. 6 weeks after m., in Alabama.
Theophilus8 Capen, b . ; d. “aet 4 yrs.”
Emoroy B.8 Capen, b. 9 July 1845; m. Solomon P. Gid-
dings.
Lucy Maria8 Capen, b. 27 Mar. 1849; m. Stephen Blake
Clapp.
Jonathan’ Capen married secondly, Mar. 1854 Mrs.
Mary C. June of Poultney, Vt. No children. He
removed from Vassalboro, Me., to Pittsford, Vt.,
in 1815 where he resided until 1822. He then went
to Keeseville, N. Y., and thence to Fairhaven, Vt.,
in May 1829. He was in the iron works with the
Kingslands. In 1866 he removed to Hampton
Flat, Vt., and in 1869 to Poultney, Vt.
Authorities: History Fairhaven, Vt., 347; Records from Mrs.
Stephen B. Clapp (667); Letters from J. Ellis Leonard of
Pittsford, Vt.
The Capen Family
123
379. Susan S.7 Capen (Theophilus,6 Jonathan,6 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Augusta,
Me., 13 April 1795 and died in Albany, N. Y., 28
August 1883. She married 2 Jan. 1822 Joel Leon¬
ard, who was born 28 March 1796 and died in Chit¬
tenden, Vt., 30 June 1879.
Children born in Chittenden, Vt. :
i. Susan S. Leonard, b. 11 Oct. 1822; d. Albany, N. Y.,
23 May 1866; m. 14 Nov. 1849 John (D.?) Burnap
of Albany. He d. Albany, N. Y., 16 July 1896.
ii. J. Franklin Leonard, b. 20 Mar. 1824; d. 16 July 1896;
m. Julia Blake, who d. 12 Dec. 1878.
iii. William G. Leonard, b. 23 June 1827, living 1915; m.
9 Apr. 1856 Jennie Tower, who d. 20 Sept. 1910.
iv. Henry L. Leonard, b. 23 Aug. 1829; m. in Brandon,
Vt., 8 May 1855 Electa A. Knapp, who d. 15 Sept.
1904.
v. John C. Leonard, b. 22 June 1831; d. 19 Aug. 1913;
m. 21 Sept. 1853 Caroline M. Clark who d. 23 Apr.
1915.
vi. Eliza A. Leonard, b. 10 Sept. 1833; d. 26 Dec. 1874;
m. in Grand Rapids, Mich., 6 May 1856 James Simons.
Authority : Notes sent by (?) family.
381. Eliza7 Capen (Theophilus,6 Jonathan,6 Jonathan,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) married in 1828 Philo
Penfield Stewart, who was born in Sherman, Conn.,
July 1798 and died 13 Dec. 1868. He and his wife,
before marriage, were missionaries to the Indians
in Mississippi. In an old letter to her father she
says: “We rode in an emigrant wagon and Philo
P. Stewart rode alongside on horseback.” He re¬
mained in this work a few years after their mar¬
riage and then resigned and joined Rev. J. J.
Shipherd, an old schoolmate, in New York.
These two young men desired to establish a Chris¬
tian community or a school where the students
would be able to defray their expenses by labor.
124
The Capen Family
They went to Ohio and established Oberlin Col¬
lege, which was opened Dec. 3, 1833 with forty-
four students, twenty-nine young men and fifteen
young women. This was the first college in the
world to accept young women on equal terms with
young men. The school was named “Oberlin” for
Jean Frederic Oberlin, an Alsatian Lutheran
clergyman whose ideas and line of work they fol¬
lowed. P. P. Stewart was in charge but “his prac¬
tice of frugality and plainness of diet were some¬
what too severe” and were not generally accepted.
In 1836 he resigned and went to Vermont and later
to Troy, N. Y., where he completed his invention
of the “Stewart Stove,” perhaps more of a boon to
women than even a college.
Authorities : Old N. W. Quarterly VI, 196; History Oberlin
College; The New International Cyclopedia; Letter from Lucy
M. (Capen) Clapp (666).
384. William7 Capen (William,6 Samuel,6 Jonathan,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) b . ; d. 24 Feb.
1890. He married in Stoughton 4 or 14 June 1830
Eliza Dunn of Randolph or Shirley. She died 2
Mar. 1875. He settled in Boston, where he was
living as late as 1856.
Children :
668. i. Mary E.8 Capen, b. 5 Mar. 1831.
669. ii. William H.8 Capen, b. 30 Mar. 1833; d. 15 Jan. 1859.
670. iii. Charles E.8 Capen, b. 7 Sept. 1836; d. 7 Sept. 1851.
+671. iv. George D.8 Capen, b. 18 July 1838; ra. Frances I. Pond.
672. v. Henrietta8 Capen, b. 29 Sept. 1840; d. 2 Dec. 1890.
673. vi. Henry8 Capen, b. 29 Sept. 1840.
Authority : Notes sent by George D.8 Capen (671).
387. Elisha7 Capen (Elisha,6 Samuel,6 Jonathan,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 10 April
1799 and died there 20 July 1864. He married in
Stoughton 20 Nov. 1823 Matilda Fisher Gill, who
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125
was born in Canton 20 Jan. 1805 and died in
Stoughton 9 or 10 Jan. 1908 “aged 103 years.”
She was daughter of Elijah and Abigail (Fisher)
Gill.
Children born in Stoughton :
+674. i.
+675. ii.
+676. iii.
+677. iv.
+678. v.
679. vi.
680. vii.
Louisa Crane8 Capen, b. 2 Dec. 1824; m. Calvin Thayer.
Sarah Matilda8 Capen, b. 16 Ffeb. 1827; m. 1st, Wendell
Monk; m. 2ndly, Henry M. Capen (413).
Elijah Gill8 Capen, b. 23 Aug. 1829; m. Sarah Azubah
Swan.
Elisha Ellis8 Capen, b. 12 Mar. 1832; m. C. Frances
Wood.
Loranus Crowell8 Capen, b. 21 May 1836 (?) living
1915 in Stoughton.
Sanford Emory8 Capen, b. 13 Aug. 1839; d. 10 July
1910, um.
Lucretia Emeline8 Capen, b. 20 July 1846; d. 7 Aug.
1848.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Notes from F. E.
Harris; Newspaper Notice of death of Sanford E. Capen;
Notes from Joseph Swan Capen.
388. Samuel7 Capen (Elisha,6 Samuel,5 Jonathan,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 15 Dec.
1806 and died there 22 Aug. 1876. He married
first, in Stoughton 8 March 1825 Almira Paul, who
was born in Stoughton 9 Oct. 1812 and died there
15 Feb. 1868. She was daughter of Samuel and
Ruth (Shepard) Paul.
Children :
681. i.
682. ii.
+683. iii.
684. iv.
+685. v.
Milly8 Capen, b. 16 Oct. 1825; d. 1 Dec. 1897; m. 22
Dec. 1852 Isaac N. Linfield, b. in Avon; d. in Stough¬
ton 19 Feb. 1895, son of Z. and Angeline ( )
Linfield.
Eliza Swan8 Capen, b. 10 Dec. 1827; d. 24 Dec. 1829.
Nathaniel8 Capen, b. 29 Jan. 1830; m. Sarah S. Long.
Frances8 Capen, b. 24 Apr. 1832; d. 1 Jan. 1892, um.
Joel Talbot8 Capen, b. 28 May 1834; m. (1) Caroline
E. Wales, (2) H. Abby Smith.
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+686. vi. Elmer Hewitt8 Capen, b. 5 April 1838; m. 1st, Letitia
H. Muzzev; m. 2ndly, Mary L. Edwards.
+687. vii. William8 Capen, b. 6 Oct. 1844; m. Fannie Boynton.
688. viii. Walter Herbert8 Capen, b. 7 Apr. 1847; d. 18 May
1866, um.
Samuel Capen married secondly, 17 June 1869 Abby
D. Bright, born 16 July 1828, daughter of Jesse
and Rebecca (Savelis) Bright. He was of Need¬
ham and she of Dedham.
Authority : Notes from Mattie B. Capen of Stoughton (995).
389. Avery7 Capen (Elisha,6 Samuel,5 Jonathan,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born July 1808; d. 19 Feb.
1869. He married 13 Oct. 1833 Nancy Churchill,
daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Covington)
Churchhill, who died 2 Oct. 1861.
Children;
688a. i. Arabella8 Capen, b. 1836, d. 1841.
688b. ii. N. Arabella8 Capen, b. 1843, d. 1867.
688c. iii. Elizabeth8 (Lizzie) Churchill Capen, m., as third wife,
William Edwin Hayward 19 May 1887. He was b.
Mendon and was son of Ebenezer W. and Susan (Bur-
beck) Hayward.
Authority'. Records from 995.
390. James7 Capen (James,6 Edward,6 Jonathan,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) horn in Stoughton 19 Nov.
1783 and died in Gardner, Me., 28 (29) Oct. 1871.
He married in Brockton 5 (6) Dec. 1807 Lois
Leonard, who died 27 August 1858.
Children horn in Gardner, Me., except two or
three :
689. i. Moses Leonard8 Capen, b. in Dorchester 21 Nov. 1808;
d. in Boston 22 Feb. 1894. He lived in So. Boston,
was m. twice, one wife was Isabella . , b. 1809,
4 ch. : (1) James B.9 Capen, living 1871-2 at his
father’s house, 223 So. 6th St. So., Boston.
The Capen Family
127
690.
691.
691a.
692.
693.
694.
695.
696.
+697.
698.
698a.
698b.
ii. Alber8 (Albert?) Capen, b. 16 Feb. 1810, lived “in
the West,” 2 ch.
iii. Susanna Leonard8 Capen, b. 14 Mar. 1813; d. at 15 yrs.
iv. Jedediah Adams8 Capen, b. 3 Sept. 1815 at Winthrop
(Me.?); d. at 14 yrs.
v. Zilpha Harriet8 Capen, b. 27 Oct. 1817; d. Gardner,
Me., urn.
vi. Armina Augusta8 Capen, b. 8 Sept. 1819; d. soon.
vii. Caroline Matilda8 Capen, b. 8' Sept. 1819; d. at 18 yrs.
viii. Armina Augusta8 Capen, b. 30 July 1821; m. John
Thurber, no ch.
ix. Sarah Meader8 Capen, b. 8 Nov. 1823; m. Eben Welch,
2 ch.
x. James8 Capen, b. 3 Sept. 1825; m. Jeanette G. Curtis.
xi. Josiah8 Capen, b. 6 June 1827; d. aged 1 yr.
xii. Lois8 Capen, b. 23 Dec. 1828; m. Granville Kittredge,
lived in Nevada and Colorado.
xiii. Susan Elizabeth8 Capen, b. 6 Nov. 1831; m. Hiram
Lawrence, who d. Mar. 1870, “aet 38 yrs.” 2 ch.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Dorchester B. M.
D.; Boston Directories; Gardner, Me., Records; Bridgewater
Vital Records; Records from F. E. Harris; Norton Records.
391. Asa7 Capen (James,6 Edward,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 18 Nov. 1785
and died 11 Jan. 1876. He married 6 Jan. 1812
Mrs. Mary (Dickerman) Clapp of Easton, who
was born there 29 Sept. 1788 and died 27 Feb.
1873. She was daughter of James and Joanna
(Crossman) Dickerman and widow of Lt. James
Clapp.
Children :
699. i. Mary S.8 Capen, b. 24 Mar. 1813; m. 29 Mar. 1831 Asa
Packard of Easton, and d. 13 or 19 May 1846, 2 ch.
700. ii. Adeline8 Capen, b. 23 Sept. 1815; m. in Stoughton (int.
30 May 1835) Joel R. Shepard. Ch.: (1) Helen
Shepard, b. 30 May 1845; m. 18 Dec. 1867 Asahel
Gage Kellogg, b. 20 Mar. 1836, resided in Willmette,
Illinois.
701. iii. Jedediah8 Capen, b. 1 July 1818, living “in the West”
1901.
128
The Capen Family
702. iv.
703. v.
+704. vi.
705. vii.
Sarah R.8 Capen, b. 8 Jan. 1821; m. Arthur Lake, lived
in Illinois, 2 ch.
Abby Manning8 Capen, b. 24 Mar. 1823; m. 1st, John
Reed, who d. 15 Feb. 1853; m. 2ndly, William A.
Holmes 1 Dec. 1854. He was b. Sharon 20 May
1826, d. Stoughton 29 May 1921.
Eliza A.8 Capen, b. 10 June 1827; m. Thomas Kellogg.
Jane B.8 Capen, b. 12 Jan. 1830; m. 2 times, 4 ch.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Dickerman Gen¬
ealogy 84; Records from F. E. Harris.
392. Samuel7 Capen (James,6 Edward,6 Jonathan,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 19 Oct.
1787 and died there 6 Apr. 1875. He married 10
Oct. 1811 Betsey Reupcke, born 15 June 1785
and died in Stoughton 11 Sept. 1872. She was
daughter of John Christian Reupcke and his
second wife, Sarah (Talbot) Hayden, widow of
Ebenezer Hayden and daughter of George and
Mary ( ) Talbot.
+706.
+707.
+708.
+709.
+710.
+711.
Children born in Stoughton:
i. Charlotte Foster9 Capen, b. 1 Aug. 1812, m. Joseph
Hayward.
w
ii. Samuel8 Capen, b. 5 July 1815; m. Eliza Ann Thayer.
iii. Louisa8 Capen, b. 24 July 1817; m. Lyman Plympton.
iv. Martha8 Capen, b. 17 May 1820; m. Josephus Harris.
v. Amelia8 Capen, b. 8 Oct. 1821; m. Nathan Blanchard.
vi. James8 Capen, b. 9 Apr. 1823; m. Frances L. Willis.
Authorities : Stoughton Records; Records from F. E. Harris.
396. Azel7 (Asahel) Capen (James,6 Edward,5 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stough¬
ton 22 Feb. 1796 and died 9 Feb. 1884. He mar¬
ried 23 Sept. 1849 Lucy Cheney, who was born in
Washington, Vt., 22 Oct. 1819 and died in Stough¬
ton 5 May 1877. She was daughter of Jesse and
Eleanor ( ) Cheney.
Children:
+712. i. Rebecca Elizabeth8 Capen, b. 3 Sept. 1850; m. Albert
Ellis Standish.
The Capen Family
129
+713. ii. James Ansel8 Capen, b. 10 Oct. 1851; m. Mary Ann
Shields.
714. iii. Daniel Webster8 Capen, b. 27 Feb. 1853; d. 17 Sept.
1860.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Cheney Genealogy
367; Notes from Mattie B. Capen of Stoughton (995), and
F. E. Harris.
397. Ansil7 Capen (James,6 Edward,5 Jonathan,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 22 Feb.
1796 and died 14 July 1868. He married in Stough¬
ton 9 Sept. 1841 Rebeckah Bird, who was born in
Stoughton 13 Sept. 1799 and died 16 Jan. 1874.
She was daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Glov¬
er) Bird. She was a teacher in Stoughton for 25
years and he was Master of the Masonic Lodge
in Stoughton and High Priest of the Chapter
there.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Glover Memorial,
324.
398. Zilpah7 Capen (James,6 Edward,5 Jonathan,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 19 Feb.
1798. She married in Stoughton 25 Jan. 1824 Luke
Shepard, who died in 1873.
Children born in Stoughton;
i. Eliza G. Shepard, b. 13 June 1824.
ii. Zilpah Shepard, b. 9 July 1826; d. 1 Apr. 1894, um.
iii. Luke James Shepard, b. 27 Jan. 1828; m. & had ch.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Records from F. E.
Harris, son of 709.
399. Sally7 Capen (Edward,6 Edward,5 Jonathan,4 Sam¬
uel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born 14 Sept. 1787. She
married 12 Oct. 1808 Jonathan Ames Jr. of
Stoughton, who was born 19 July 1784 and died in
West Bridgewater 14 Dec. 1836. He was son of
Jonathan and Deborah (Pratt) Ames.
130
The Capen Family
Children born, 1st two in Stoughton, 3rd in
Bridgewater :
i. Ellis Ames, b. 17 Oct. 1809; d. in Canton 30 Oct. 1884;
m. 30 Aug. 1840 Harriet Tucker of Canton.
ii. Sally Capen Ames, b. 11 Oct. 1811.
iii. Mary Fobes Ames, b. 1820.
Authorities’. V. R. Bridgewater; West Bridgewater Records.
400. Edward7 Capex (Edward,6 Edward,5 Jonathan,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born 4 Aug. 1789. He
married first, Ruth Gilbert, who was born 4 Oct.
1790. She died in West Bridgewater, 22 March
1843.
Children born in West Bridgewater:
715. i. Ruth8 Capen, b. 13 Nov. 1814; d. 6 Feb. 1817.
+716. ii. Mary8 Capen, b. 9 Jan. 1818; m. John W. Colwell.
717. iii. Rachel8 Capen, b. 31 May 1820; d. 10 Aug. 1820.
718. iv. Edward8 Capen, b. 29 Jan. 1822.
He married secondly, in Canton 6 April 1845 Abby
Gill, who was born 3 Dec. 1793. She was daughter
of Elijah and Abigail (Fisher) Gill.
Authorities : West Bridgewater Vital Records; Fisher Gen¬
ealogy, 85.
401. Abner Capen (Edward,6 Edward,6 Jonathan,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in
Stoughton, 26 June 1791 and died there 19 Dec.
1864. He married in Stoughton 8 Oct. 1820 Myra
Wentworth who was born 13 June 1801 and died
in Stoughton 17 May 1875. She was daughter of
Simeon and Eunice (Gill) Wentworth.
Children born in Canton:
719. i. Child8 Capen, b. 20 June 1821; d. 8 July 1821.
720. ii. Myra Augusta8 Capen, b. 17 May 1822; d. 23 Oct. 1825.
721. iii. Abner8 Capen, b. 15 Oct. 1825; d. 27 Apr. 1895 or 97.
He m. Sarah C. Denike, dau. of Andrew and Catherine
(Smith) Denike.
The Capen Family
131
722. iv. Eunice Gill8 Capen, b. 12 July 1827; d. 4 June 1894;
m. in Brockton 27 Nov. 1848 John Simeon Wheeler,
who d. 12 Nov. 1907. Ch. : Nannie Wheeler & per¬
haps another.
723. v. Myra Adelaide8 Capen, b. 26 June 1833; d. 9 Nov. 1904.
+724. vi. Charles Augustus8 Capen, b. 16 Mar. 1836 (1837); m.
Julia Frances Lowe.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Wentworth Gen¬
ealogy II, 339; Notes from Mattie B. Capen (995).
404. Nathan Monk7 Capen (Edward,6 Edward,6 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,3 Bernard1) born, probably
in Stoughton, 10 Jan. 1797 and died there 9 Sept.
1861 “aet 64 yrs. 8 mos.” He married 27 Sept.
1825 Hannah Littlefield, who was born 22 Feb.
1803 and died in Stoughton 4 Aug. 1873. She was
daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Wentworth)
Littlefield.
Children :
725. i. Jeremiah L.8 Capen, b. 11 Oct. 1826; m. 10 Oct. 1864
Martha M. (Taylor) DeCosta, widow of John DeCosta,
who was in 11th Mass. Regt. in Civil War and was
killed in the battle before Richmond in 1862. She
was b. 1 Apr. 1841 and was dau. of Ira A. E. and
Hope M. (Rich) Taylor, 1 ch., Sarah, d. young.
726. ii. Abigail8 Capen, b. 25 Jan. 1830; d. 24 Sept. 1845. “The
first person buried in North Stoughton.”
Authorities : Wentworth Genealogy I, 350; Notes from Mattie
B. Capen (995).
413. Henry Morton7 Capen (Benjamin,6 Edward,6
Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born 5 Dec.
1821 and died 19 Feb. 1894. He married first,
Lauretta M. Shaw of Livermore Falls, Me., who
was born 14 Nov. 1825 and died 18 Sept. 1859.
She was daughter of Leonard and Philena L.
(Fuller) Shaw.
Children :
726a. i. Azubah Gay8 Capen, b. 17 July 1848, d. 12 Dec. 1920
in Stoughton; m. 14 Oct. 1886 Eliot A. Curtis, son of
132
The Capen Family
Samuel W. and Harriet (McKendry) Curtis. Ch. : (1)
Helen Morton Curtis, b. 4 July 1889.
726b. ii. Benjamin Howard8 Capen, b. 5 Sept. 1851; d. 10 Mar.
1854.
726c. iii. Henry M.8 Capen, b. 17 Mar. 1855; d. 25 Sept. 1855.
726d. iv. Carrie Augusta8 Capen, b. 9 Aug. 1859; d. 26 Aug.
1859.
Henry Morton7 Capen married secondly, 6 June
1866 Mrs. Sarah Matilda (Capen) Monk, widow
of Wendell Monk and daughter of Elisha and
Matilda Fisher (Gill) Capen (387).
Children;
726e. v. Henry Elisha8 Capen, b. 28 Sept. 1866; d. 1 Oct. 1866.
726f. vi. Benjamin Shaw8 Capen, b. 18 Nov. 1867; m. 15 Oct.
1891 Lillian Eleanor Beless, dau. of Thomas and Ruth
( ) Beless of Needham.
726g. vii. William Howard8 Capen, b. 6 Apr. 1871.
Authorities: Unknown, probably 995.
421. Mary Elizabeth7 Capen (Samuel John,6 Samuel,6
John,4 Samuel,5 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dor¬
chester 6 Nov. 1844. She married in 1865 Rev.
Sanford H. Cobb who was born in 1838 and died
in Kansas City, Mo., 27 April 1910. He was son
of Sanford and Sophie L. (Nitchie) Cobb. Rev.
Sanford H. Cobb was graduated from Yale Col¬
lege in 1858 and is author of the “History of Ulster
Co., N. Y.”
Children :
i. Farrar Cobb, b. 1867; m. Frances McMurray, lived in
Boston.
ii. Bernard Capen Cobb, b. 1870.
iii. Julia N. Cobb, b. 1872; m. 1892 Rev. George Reynolds.
iv. Caroline Cobb, b. 1875; m. 1899 P. McNaughton Miller.
v. Mary Elizabeth Cobb, b. 1880.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Cheeseboro Genealogy, 80;
Boston Transcript 10 Feb. 1915; Additions to Cheeseboro
Family; Records from Milton S. Capen (728).
The Capen Family
133
422. Samuel John7 Capen (Samuel John,6 Samuel,6
John,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1!) born in Dor¬
chester 13 Aug. 1846. He married in Boston 5
May 1870 Ella Cora Sanders, who was born in
Boston 11 Aug. 1849. She was daughter of Milton
M. and Rebecca Swift (Tucker) Sanders.
Children :
727. i. Rebecca Sanders8 Capen, b. 15 Mar. 1871; d. 9 Jan.
1907.
728. ii. Milton Sanders8 Capen, b. 20 Oct. 1873, living (1915)
Roxbury.
729. iii. Carol Baxter8 Capen, b. 20 Nov. 1874; m. 20 June
1900 George E. Hyde Jr.
Authority : Records sent by Milton S. Capen (728).
423. Polly7 Capen (James,6 James,6 James,4 James,3
John,2 Bernard1) born 26 May 1784. She married
in Southborough 26 Feb. 1807 Samuel Bemis.
Children born in Southborough:
i. John Bemis, b. 20 July 1807.
ii. Willard Bemis, b. 3 Dec. 1808.
iii. Nathan Temple Bemis, b. 23 Aug. 1810.
iv. Winthrop Bemis, b. 9 Mar. 1812.
v. Elias Bemis, b. 10 April 1814.
Authority : Southborough Vital Records.
424. James7 Capen (James,6 James,5 James,4 James,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Lancaster 5 May 1786
and died in Brattleboro, Vt., 19 Dec. 1839. He
married in Leominster 1 Dec. 1808 (Sept. 1808,
Bible) Rhoda Platts of Leominster. She was born
8 Dec. 1784 and died 1 Dec. 1868 in Brattleboro,
Vt. She was daughter of Isaac and Rachel
(Chase) Platts. James Capen “came to Brattle¬
boro, Vt., with his bride on their wedding trip and
always lived there.”
134
The Capen Family
Children born in Brattleboro:
+730. i. Alexander Platts8 Capen, b. 6 Jan. 1811; m. Lucy Ann
Nichols.
+731. ii. Elizabeth Rachel Chase8 Capen, b. 31 May 1816; m.
Silas Atwood.
+732. iii. James Henry8 Capen, b. 7 Feb. 1828; m. Maria E.
Livermore.
iv. John8 Capen, b. 7 Feb. 1828; d. 27 Sept. 1828.
Authorities: Leominster Records; Records from old Capen
Bible in possession of Rosella P. (Capen) Flagg (1047) of
Brattleboro, Vt.
425. Betsey' Capex (James,6 James,6 James,4 James,5
John,2 Bernard1) born 28 Apr. 1788 and died 21
Oct. 1855. She married in Leominster 30 Nov. (1
Dec.) 1815 Avery Prescott, as his second wife.
He was born in Littleton 3 June 1781 and died
there 13 Nov. 1843. He was son of Joseph and
Abigail (Dalrymple) Prescott.
Child born in Littleton:
i. Charles H. Prescott, b. 8 Mar. 1824.
Authorities: Littleton Records 464; Leominster Vital Records;
Farnsworth Genealogy, 129; Records from old Capen Bible in
possession of 1047.
426. John7 Capex (James,6 James,6 James,4 James,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Lancaster 16 May 1790.
He married in Lancaster 2 Nov. 1817 Anna Edes
of Lancaster. She was daughter of Isaiah and
Mary (Kemp) Edes. Her birth is not recorded
but she is mentioned in her father’s will.
Authorities: Lancaster Records from Tow’n Clerk; Records
from old Capen Bible owned by 1047.
427. Henry7 Capex (James,6 James,6 James,4 James,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Lancaster 20 Mar. 1793.
He married in Lunenburg 24 Apr. 1823 Relief
Tyler, who was born in Lunenburg 3 Nov. 1791
and was daughter of Nathan and Relief (Pearce)
Tyler.
The Capex Family
135
Children :
733. i. Nancy E.8 Capen, m. 29 Jan. 1855 Abraham Tyler, son
of Ancill and Mary (Lawson) Tyler, as 2nd wife, had
several children b. in Marlboro. All d. young except
Sarah who was m. twice.
Perhaps other children.
Henry7 Capen may have married secondly, 24 Jan.
1855 Mrs. Hannah (Houghton) Marshall, who
was born 1 April 1810 and was daughter of Naa-
man and Lydia (Whitney) Houghton, and widow
of Joseph Marshall, who died in Fitchburg.
Authorities: Lancaster Records from Town Clerk, sent by
Mrs. Rosella Platts (Capen) Flagg No. 1047; Houghton Gen¬
ealogy; Descendants of Job Tyler I, 281, II, 528, 529.
428. Sally7 Capen (James,6 James,5 James,4 James,3
John,2 Bernard1) born 29 April 1796, married in
Southboro 20 April 1816 Simeon Daniels Jr. of
Hopkinton. He was born in Hopkinton 12 Feb.
1788 and was son of Simeon and Abigail ( )
Daniels.
Children born in Hopkinton:
i. Mary Daniels, b. 15 Feb. 1817.
ii. Charles Daniels, b. 13 July 1818.
iii. Patty Daniels, b. 29 Dec. 1820.
iv. Abigail Daniels, b. 29 Mar. 1823; d. 30 Sept. 1824.
v. Joseph Daniels, b. 23 July 1825.
vi. Henry J. Daniels, b. 3 April 1827.
vii. Child Daniels, b . ; d. 12 Oct. 1832 “aet
2 99
yrs.
viii. Juliany Daniels, b. 7 May 1832.
ix. Child Daniels, b . ; d. 21 Aug. 1838 “aet
4 yrs.”
Authorities: Southboro Vital Records; Hopkinton Vital
Records.
429. Edmund Minord7 Capen (James,6 James,6 James,4
James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born 17 July 1798, bap¬
tized in Lancaster 22 July 1798, and died 26 Feb.
136
The Capen Family
1870. He married in Framingham 9 Apr. 1822
Eunice Dadmun, who was born in Framingham 18
July 1800 and died 1 Feb. 1868. She was daugh¬
ter of William and Polly (Dadmun) Dadmun.
Children born in Framingham:
734. i. Edmund Alphonso8 Capen, b. 23 Apr. 1825; m. Mary
. , lived in Chelsea.
+735. ii. Eunice Mariana8 Capen, b. 22 June 1833; m. Andrew
(or Anderson) Smith.
Authorities : History of Framingham, 496; Framingham V. R.
40; Gleason Genealogy, 412; North West Quarterly III, 110.
430. Charles7 Capen (James,6 James,5 James,4 James,3
John,2 Bernard1) born 26 May 1801 and died 19
Sept. 1886. He married in Newton 5 April 1825
Catherine Fuller, who was born 15 Jan. 1804 and
died 26 Oct. 1880. She was daughter of Joshua and
Hannah (Greenwood) Fuller of Newton. After
marriage they lived in Framingham.
Child born in Framingham :
736. i. Catherine Elizabeth8 Capen, b. 22 Aug. 1830; m., in
Framingham 20 Sept. 1860 Asa Trowbridge of Brigh¬
ton. She d. in Framingham 20 Aug. 1886. He was
b. Newton 12 July 1825 and d. Framingham 1888.
Ch.: 1. Charles Capen Trowbridge, b. 3 Sept. 1861,
2. Edward Jackson Trowbridge, b. 12 Oct. 1863, 3.
Mary Kate Trowbridge, b. 3 Dec. 1864, 4. William
Henry Trowbridge, b. 3 May 1867; d. 28 Sept. 1867,
5. Caroline Lincoln Trowbridge, b. 6 Feb. 1874.
Authorities: Framingham Vital Records, 40; Newton V. R.
251; Fuller Genealogy III, 150; History of Framingham
496+; Trowbridge Genealogy, 594.
432. Thomas Rand7 Capen (James,6 James,5 James,4
James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born 31 May 1806 and
died 29 Oct. 1881. He married in Southboro 3
April 1833 Martha (Patty) Wetherbee Williams,
who was born in Southboro 15 Oct. 1809. She was
daughter of Cotting and Patty (Brewer) Wil¬
liams.
The Capen Family
137
Children born in Southboro :
737. i. Martha Elizabeth8 Capen, b. 14 May 1837; d. 25
Sept. 1838.
738. ii. Susan Elizabeth8 Capen, b. 19 Feb. 1841.
739. iii. Charles Bridges8 Capen, b. 21 Apr. 1845.
Authorities: Southboro Vital Records; History of Framing¬
ham, 496.
433. Thomas7 Capen (Thomas,6 James,5 James,4 James,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Charlestown 19 April
1762 and died “at sea” 1808. He married Mary
Abbott of Concord, N. H., who was born 1761
and died 1843. She was daughter of Edward and
Deborah (Stevens) Abbott. He removed to Maine
and purchased land in New Pennacook (now Rum-
ford) and resided there.
Concord, N. H., was formerly Pennacook and Rum-
ford, Me., was New Pennacook. Many of the set¬
tlers of New Pennacook, Me., came from Concord,
N. H. Thomas7 Capen appears to be the one men¬
tioned in Charlestown Genealogies and Estates,
“Thomas Capen of New Pennacook and James
Capen of Lancaster, grand children of Sarah
Capen,” widow of James5 Capen.
+740.
+741.
742.
743.
744.
+745.
746.
Children :
i. Ebenezer8 Capen, b. 30 Dec. 1780 probably in Concord,
N. H.; m. Abigail Carter.
ii. James8 Capen, b . ; m. Hannah .
iii. Timothy8 Capen, b. 1793; m. 1st, Ruth Dustin; m. 2ndly,
Mary Abbitt, res. Bethel, Me.
iv. Deborah8 Capen, b. 7 June 1796; m. William Ackley.
v. Samuel8 Capen, b.
vi. Oliver Beal8 Capen, b . ; m. Susan (P.) Chase,
res. Colebrook, N. H.
vii. Esther8 Capen, b . ; m. Uriah Furlong “of
Greenwood.”
Authorities: History Rumford, Me., 33, 310, 293, 294; New
Hampshire Genealogical Recorder VI, 110; History Concord,
N. H., 620; Charlestown Genealogies; Records from Dept, of
Vital Statistics, Concord, N. H.
138
The Capen Family
435. Martha' Capex (Dea. William,0 James,5 James,4
James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in Charles¬
town, 23 Jan. 1769 and died in Portland, Me., 1834.
She married in Boston 28 Sept. 1794 Capt. Walter
Hatch, who was born about 1767 and died in Port¬
land, Me., 8 March 1832.
Children born in Portland :
i. Sarah (Sally) Hatch; m. Wisdom Small, both died in
Portland, Me.
ii . Hatch; m . Reynolds.
Authorities: Charlestown Records; Gravestones, Portland, Me.;
Family Records.
438. William7 Capex (Dea. William,6 James,5 James,4
James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in Charles¬
town, 1774 and died in Portland, Me., 5 Oct. 1828.
He married Frances Totten, who died 26 Nov.
1839 aged 57 years.
Children :
+747. i. William8 Capen, b. 10 May 1802; m. Anne H. Walton.
+748. ii. Charles8 Capen, b. 12 July 1804; m. Pamelia Stanford.
+749. iii. Henry Titcomb8 Capen, b. 25 or 26 Nov. 1806; m. Eliza
A. Collins.
Authorities: Records sent by Harriet E. Capen, dau. of 748;
Letter from William E. Capen, of Portland, Me., grandson of
748 (1291).
439. Edward Goodwin7 Capex (Dea. William,6 James,6
James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in
Charlestown, 13 June 1777 and died in Portland,
Me., 30 Aug. 1823. He married in Portland, Me.,
9 Oct. 1803 Elizabeth6 Bradish, who was born in
Portland, Me., 20 June 1783 and died there 20
Nov. 1861. She was daughter of Major David5
and Abiah (Merrill) Bradish. David0 Bradish was
born in Charlestown and was son of Jonathan4
Bradish and Abigail (Johnson) Bradish. Jonathan
Bradish’s house, in Charlestown, was at Union and
The Capen House
267 Cumberland Ave., Portland, Maine, built in 1801 or 1802, by Simeon Hall for Edward Goodwin Capen.
David Bradish Capen, standing by the fence. House in 1928 as good as ever.
The Capen Family
139
Main streets, was painted yellow and set back from
the street, in a yard with Lombardy poplars and
Balm of Gilead trees. Jonathan4 Bradish was son of
John3 and Hepsibah (Billings) Bradish, John3
Bradish was son of Joseph2 and Mary ( )
Bradish, Joseph2 Bradish was only son of Robert1
and his first wife Mary ( ) Bradish.
Robert1 Bradish came in the “Defense” from Har-
wick, Eng., and was in Cambridge in 1635.
Children all born in Portland, Me., and all died
there except Edward William:
750.
i.
751. ii.
752. iii.
+753. iv.
754. v.
+755. vi.
Eliza Ann8 Capen, b. 15 Aug. 1804; d. 23 Aug. 1846; m.
20 July 1825 Charles Tebbetts from Dover, N. H.;
d. 21 Dec. 1883 aged 80 (gr. st.). No eh.
Catherine Bradish8 Capen, b. 11 July 1806; d. 26 June
1893; m. 14 Oct. 1824 Daniel Downs Chase, b. N. Yar¬
mouth, Me.; d. Portland, Me., 12 Sept. 1890, “aet
93 yrs. 6 mos" (gr. st.). He was son of Col. Thomas
and Susan (York) Chase.
Susan Bickford8 Capen, b. 9 Mar. 1808; d. 21 May
1853, “aet 45 yrs” (gr. st.), um.
Edward William8 Capen, b. 25 Feb. 1810; m. Lucretia
A. Marston.
Abiah Bradish8 Capen, b. 24 Sept. 1813; d. 8 Mar. 1841 ;
m. 25 Feb. 1835 Charles Tabour Pope. Ch. : 1. Fred¬
erick Capen Pope, m. 1867 at Jamaica Plain Hannah
Williams. She d. Atlantic 1909, he d. same place 1914.
Ch. : (a) Frederick Pope, (b) Helen Pope, (c) George
Pope, (d) William Pope. 2. Abiah Capen Pope, b.
16 Dec. 1840; d. 30 Apr. 1841.
David Bradish8 Capen, b. 18 Aug. 1815; d. 20 Aug.
1900. He married in Cumberland Center (N. Yar¬
mouth), Me., 19 Mar. 1843 Susan Prince.
Elizabeth (Betsey) (Bradish) Capen married sec¬
ondly, 24 July 1826, as second wife, Hon. Mark
Harris, who was born in Ipswich 27 Jan. 1779 and
died in Portland, Me., 3 March 1843.
Child:
140
The Capen Family
i. Martha Ripley Harris, b. 29 Mar. 1828; d. Portland,
Me., 8 Aug. 1880; m. Dr. William C. Robinson, from
“near Putnam,” Windsor Co., Conn.; d. Portland,
Me., 30 June 1872 “aet 49 yrs. 7 mos.” (gr. st.).
Ch. : (a) Frederick Robinson, (b) Helen Robinson,
(c) George Robinson.
Authorities : Charlestown Genealogies 110; Maine Genealogies
III, 1435; History Cambridge 496; Family Bible; Gravestone
inscriptions copied by 1099; Records from 1099.
440. Elizabeth B.7 Capen (Dea. William,6 James,6
James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, probably
in Cambridge or in Boston, 5 April 1780 and died
in Portland, Me., 12 Dec. 1849. She married Ed¬
ward Robinson who was born about 1780 and died
in Portland, Me., 23 Oct. 1837 “aged 62 yrs.”
Children :
i. Edward Robinson, b. abt. 1801; d. Portland, Me. 18
Apr. 1812 “aet 11 yrs.”
ii. John Thomas Robinson, b. 1804; d. Portland, Me., 2
Nov. 1804, “aet 1 mo.”
Authorities : Family Notes; Portland, Me., gravestones.
443. Thomas' Capen (Dea. William,6 James,6 James,4
James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in
Charlestown, or in Boston, 6 August 1784 and died
in Portland, Me., August 1822. He married first,
Betsey .
Children:
756. i. Elizabeth R.8 Capen, b. 1815; d. 13 Aug. 1833 “aet 18.”
Thomas7 Capen married secondly, Harriet Robinson,
who died 9 July 1859.
Children :
756a. ii. Susan D.8 Capen, b. 1819; d. 11 Feb. 1840.
757. iii. Abba Maria8 Capen, b. 1819; d. 6 Feb. 1821 “aet 19
mos.”
768. iv. William E.8 Capen, b. 1821 ; d. 14 Jan. 1828, “aet 6 yrs.”
The Capen Family
141
759. v. Thomas Ripley8 Capen, b. abt. 1822; d. Detroit, Mich.,
1889. He married Susan Wyer in Portland, Me. His
monument is in Portland, Me., cemetery.
Authorities : Family Notes and gravestones in Portland, Me.
466. Susanna7 ( Susan) Capen (Dea. William,6
James,5 James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born,
probably in Charlestown, or in Boston, 11 Oct.
1790. She married first, June 1810, Francis Dou¬
glas who was born in New London, Conn., 27 Mar.
1783. He was son of Ebenezer and Abigail (Bai¬
ley) Douglas of New London, Conn. Francis
Douglas succeeded Nathaniel Wilbs as editor of
“The Eastern Argus.” He accidentally shot himself
while gunning in Casco Bay, Me., 3 Sept. 1820.
Susanna7 Capen married secondly, . Lane,
and thirdly, 8 July 1845 Nathaniel Willis, as his
second wife. He was born in Boston 6 June 1780
and died 26 May 1870. He was Deacon for 20
years in the Park Street Church, Boston. No
children.
Authorities: Douglas Genealogy 93 -f 174; New England Gen¬
ealogies, 3rd Ser. Vol. I.
447. John7 Capen (Dea. William,6 James,6 James,4
James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in
Charlestown, or in Boston, 10 June 1793 and died
in Newton 4 Feb. 1876. He married Olive Simp¬
kins who was born in Brewster 7 July 1793 and
died in Newton.
Children born probably in Boston:
+760. i. Frederick William8 Capen, b. 20 Aug. 1823; m. Martha
Louise Johnson.
761. ii. Margaret8 Capen, b. in Boston 20 Nov. 1826.
762. iii. Henrietta8 Capen.
763. iv. George Francis8 Capen, b. in Boston 4 Mar. 1830.
764. v. Elizabeth Simpkins8 Capen, b . ; d. 1887.
765. vi. Caroline8 Capen, b . ; d. 1888.
Authorities: Cambridge Vital Records; Gravestones in Mi.
Auburn Cemetery; Notes from J. F. Capen (1101).
142
The Capen Family
452. Ezekiel7 Capen (Ezekiel,6 Ebenezer,6 Preserved,4
Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Sharon 19
Nov. 1766 and died there 17 March (7 March,
gravestone) 1816. He married in Sharon 28 July
1805 Elizabeth Willis, who was born about 1763
and died in Sharon 17 April 1836 “aged 73 years.”
No record of children found.
Authority: Sharon Vital Records.
453. Mary7 Capen (Ezekiel,6 Ebenezer,6 Preserved,4 Pre¬
served,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Sharon 27 Jan.
1769. She married in Sharon 18 July 1792 Eben¬
ezer Alger of Bridgewater, who was born 1769.
He was son of Joseph and Naomi (Hayward)
Alger.
Children born in Bridgewater:
i. Otis Alger, b. 21 July 1793; m. 1817 Susanna Perkins.
ii. Polly Alger, b. 3 May 1795.
iii. Lucy Alger, b. 29 Apr. 1797.
iv. Ebenezer Alger, b. 9 Feb. 1799.
v. Nancy Alger, b. 26 May 1801; m. 1818 Waldo Hay¬
ward Jr.
vi. Eliza Alger, b. 10 July 1803.
vii. Sanford Alger, b. 14 Nov. 1805.
viii. William Alger, b. 22 July 1808.
Authorities: Sharon Vital Records; Bridgewater Vital
Records.
455. Susanna7 Capen (Ezekiel,6 Ebenezer,5 Preserved,4
Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Sharon 14
March 1773. She married in Sharon 19 Nov. 1795
Willis Alger of Bridgewater, who was born 13
March 1773 in Bridgewater. He was son of Ed¬
mund and Ruth (Willis) Alger.
Children born in Bridgewater:
i. Anna C. Alger, b. 10 Feb. 1797; m. 1818 Nathan
Hewins.
The Capen Family
143
ii. Leonard Alger, b. 24 Mar. 1799; m. 1821 Hannah R.
Lathrop.
iii. Stillman Alger, b. 3 May 1801.
iv. Isaac Alger, b. 13 Nov. 1802.
v. Ward Alger, b. 25 Jan. 1805.
vi. Davis Alger, b. 2 Sept. 1807.
vii. Susan Alger, b. 12 Dec. 1809.
viii. Samantha Alger, b. 14 Sept. 1814.
Authorities : Sharon Vital Records; Bridgewater Vital Rec¬
ords.
456. Abigail7 Capen (Ezekiel,6 Ebenezer,5 Preserved,4
Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Sharon, bap¬
tized there July 1775. She married in Sharon, 23
July 1799 Jesse Billings, who was born in Sharon
19 Feb. 1772 and died there 16 Dec. 1846. He was
son of William Jr. and Mary ( ) Billings
of Sharon.
Children born in Sharon:
i. Nabby Billings, b. 4 Sept. 1800.
ii. Sanford Billings, b. 25 Mar. 1803.
iii. Ann Billings, b. 5 Aug. 1805; m. Samuel Childs Capen
(499).
iv. Harriot Billings, b. 17 May 1808.
v. Elizabeth Billings, b. 12 Jan. 1812.
Authorities: Sharon Vital Records.
457. John7 Capen (Ezekiel,6 Ebenezer,5 Preserved,4 Pre¬
served,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Sharon 21 Oct.
1778 and died 11 April 1871. He married (int. in
Sharon 4 March 1807) “Tyle” (Tyla, Tiley) Dun¬
bar of Bridgewater. She was born in Bridgewater
9 March 1788 and died 29 July 1872. She was
daughter of Barnabas and Silence (Alger) Dun¬
bar.
Children:
766. i. Anna8 Capen, b. 31 July 1807; d., in Sharon, 26 or 27
Apr. 1819.
144
The Capen Family
767. ii.
768. iii.
769. iv.
+770. v.
770a. vi.
Barnabas D.8 Capen, b. 21 Sept. 1809; m. 15 Dec.
1839 Sarah Ann Whittemore.
Andrew D.8 Capen, b. 9 Oct. 1811; d. 10 July 1871;
m. Jane Havens. Ch. : 1. Elvira9 Capen, 2. Tyler9
Capen.
Dulcinea D.8 Capen, b. 25 Nov. 1815; m. in Stoughten-
ham 18 Aug. 1852 Samuel D. Hitchcock of Strong, Me.
Ezekiel8 Capen, b. 17 Jan. 1818; m. 21 Feb. 1841 Mrs.
Mary A. Brett of Canton.
George E.8 Capen, b. about 1827; drowned at Sharon
1848 aged 21 years.
Authorities : Sharon Vital Records; Bridgewater Vital Rec¬
ords
461. Hannah7 Capen (Capt. Lemuel,6 Ebenezer,6 Pre¬
served,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Sha¬
ron 24 June 1771 and died there 27 March 1815.
She married (int. in Sharon 9 Nov. 1798) David
Hewins, who was born in Sharon 7 Mar. 1768 and
died there 19 Mar. 1816. He was son of Benjamin
and Sarah (Bacon) Hewins.
Children born in Sharon:
i. Lovine Hewins, b. 8 Dec. 1799.
ii. Hannah Hewins, b. 15 July 1803.
Authority : Sharon Vital Records.
462. Lemuel7 Capen (Lemuel6 Ebenezer,6 Preserved/
Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Sharon 21
Nov. 1773, and died there 1 March 1820. He mar¬
ried in Sharon 25 Jan. 1802 (int. recorded in Bos¬
ton 12 Dec. 1801) Nabby Smith who was born in
Sharon 25 Jan. 1776. She was daughter of Israel
and Mary ( ) Smith.
Children born in Sharon:
+771. i. Thomas8 Capen, b. 7 July 1812; m. Susan Richards.
+772. ii. Warren8 Capen, b. abt. 1815; m. 1st, Hannah Estey;
m. 2ndly, Abigail Estey.
Authority : Sharon Vital Records.
The Capen Family
145
464. Major Elijah7 Capex ( ? Lemuel,6 Ebenezer,5 Pre¬
served,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1). X o proof
has been found that this Elijah7 was the son of
Lemuel,6 but he, probably, was born soon after the
death of Elijah, son of Lemuel, who was born
1775 and died 1777. No other place is found for
him. He married in Sharon, Dec. 1805 Nancy
Pettee (Pettes). Marriage intentions, in Dedham,
call both “of Dedham.” She died in Sharon 16 Dec.
1821 “in her 38th yr.”
Children recorded in Sharon, except the last one :
+773. i. Nancy8 Capen, b. 22 Sept. 1806; m. 28 Mar. 1831 George
W. Messer of Dedham.
774. ii. Elijah8 Capen, b. 5 Sept. 1809; d. 15 Aug. 1815.
+775. iii. Lemuel8 Capen, b. 21 Apr. 1812; m. (int. in Sharon,
10 Sept. 1836) Susan Littlefield of Easton. Ch. : (1)
Susan9 Capen, b. 1842; d. 1844.
h776. iv. Silas8 or Silas P. Capen, b . ; m. Hannah Morse.
Authorities : Dedham Records; Sharon Vital Records; Rec¬
ords from F. E. Harris, son of 709.
468. David7 Capex ( Samuel,6 Ebenezer,5 Preserved,4 Pre¬
served,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in Sharon,
5 Aug. 1778 and died 16 July 1858. He married
first, in Foxborough, 31 July 1803 Anne Clark,
who was born in Foxborough 9 Aug. 1783 and died
there 16 or 17 March 1816. (Int. call him of
Sharon.) She was daughter of William and Han¬
nah ( ) Clark.
Children born in Foxborough:
777. i. William8 Capen, b. 24 Nov. 1804.
778. ii. Horace8 (Horatio) Capen, b. 1 Nov. 1806; d. 14 Apr.
1810.
779. iii. James8 Capen, b. 9 Dec. 1808; m. 16 Dec. 1847 Nancy
J. Capen (518). No ch.
+780. iv. Charles8 Capen, b. 9 Feb. 1811; m. Olive Anna White.
+781. v. David Edson8 Capen, b. 18 Feb. 1814; m. Caroline
Packard.
146
The Capen Family
David7 Capen married secondly, in Foxborough, 15
Sept. 1816 Phebe (Thayer) Everett, widow of
. Everett, and daughter of .
Thayer. She was born about 1782 and died 27
Feb. 1822 “aged 40 yrs” (gr. st.). He married
thirdly, in Foxborough 15 May 1836 Tryphena
Clark.
Authorities: Foxborough Vital Records; Records from F. E.
Harris, son of 709.
469. Huldah7 Capen (Samuel,6 Ebenezer,5 Preserved,4
Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born about 1780 and
died in Sharon “22 Sept. 1819 in 39th year” (gr.
st.). She married in Sharon 30 Nov. 1802 Seth
Pittee (Pettis) who died in Sharon “3 Sept. 1836,
aged 60 yrs.”
Children born in Sharon:
i. Maria Pittee, b. 5 Aug. 1803.
ii. Chloe Pittee, b. 28 May 1805.
iii. Seth Pittee, b. 31 Aug. 1807; d. in Sharon 2 Oct. 1807.
iv. Seth Pittee (probably); m. 30 Aug. 1837 Amy Rich¬
ards. She was b. 24 Nov. 1812; d. 18 Feb. 1840, dau.
of Moses and Esther (Hodges) Richards. He was of
Boston at time of marriage.
v. Jervis Pittee, b. 1 Jan. 1811.
vi. Chester Pittee, b. 29 Apr. 1813.
vii. Betsey Drake Pittee, b. 2 Feb. 1816; d. 11 Sept. 1819.
Authorities: Sharon Vital Records; Hodges Family 269.
470. Sally7 Capen (Samuel,6 Ebenezer,6 Preserved,4 Pre¬
served,3 John,2 Bernard1) born about 1780 and died
in Sharon “22 Sept. 1840, in her 60th yr.” She
married in Sharon 7 July 1805 Daniel Pittee, who
was born about 1778 and died in Sharon “24 Apr.
1836, aged 57 yrs. 6 mos.”
Children born in Sharon:
i. Daniel Pittee, b. 18 Oct. 1805.
ii. Samuel Pittee, b. 2 July 1807.
The Capen Family
147
iii. Sally Pittee, b. 27 Nov. 1808.
iv. Joel Pittee, b. 29 Aug. 1810.
v. Hannah Pittee, b. 6 Oct. 1812; d. 21 Aug. 1882.
vi. Harriot Pittee, b. 21 Nov. 1814.
vii. Olive Pittee, b. 3 Aug. 1819.
viii. Rowena Pittee, b. 28 Nov. 1822.
ix. Ebenezer Pittee, b. 28 Nov. 1825.
x. “Rothens” Pittee, b. 6 Mar. 1829.
4m
Authority : Sharon Vital Records.
472. Nabby7 (Abigail) Capen (Nathaniel,6 Ebenezer,5
Preserved,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dedham 10 Apr. 1790 and died 22 April 1879. She
married in Dedham 7 May 1811 William Fisher
of Walpole, who was born there 21 July 1784 and
died 12 Jan. 1834. He was son of Daniel and Am-
mity (Shepard) Fisher.
Children born in W alpole :
i. Ora Fisher, b. 14 May 1812; 20 Mar. 1864; m. 29
Nov. 1832 Samuel Guild.
ii. Luther Fisher, b. 7 Dec. 1819; m. 26 May 1847 Louise
H. Hapford.
iii. Nathaniel Capen Fisher, b. 4 Dec. 1821; m. 1st, Apr.
1846 Charlotte Haskell of Wentham, who d. July 1865;
m. 2ndly, 3 Apr. 1870 Mary E. Nye of Walpole. No ch.
Authorities : Walpole Vital Records; Fisher Family, by Philip
A. Fisher, 77 + 118.
475. Lucy7 Capen (Nathaniel,6 Ebenezer,6 Preserved,4
Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dedham 18
April 1795. She married 22 May 1823 (private
record) 20 May 1823 (Dover Record) Dea. Eph¬
raim Wilson, who was born about 1793 and died
in Dover 16 May 1847.
Children born in Dover:
i. Ephraim Wilson Jr., b. 5 May 1825.
ii. Edwin Wilson, b. 1 Sept. 1827.
Authorities : Dedham Records; Dover Vital Records.
148
The Capen Family
476. Roxa' Capex (Nathaniel,6 Ebenezer,5 Preserved,4
Preserved," John,2 Bernard1) born in Dedham 19
Nov. 1798. She married in Dedham 1 Jan. 1829
Leonard Chickering of Dover, who was born in
Dover 2 Nov. 1790 and died there 24 March 1849.
He was son of Nathaniel and Esther (Dewing)
Chickering.
Children born in Dover :
i. Otis Chickering, b. 19 Oct. 1829; m. Caroline M. Perry.
ii. Lucy A. Chickering, b. 10 Oct. 1833.
iii. Harriet R. Chickering, b. 13 June 1836; d. 12 June
1871; m. William Fisher of Norwood.
Authorities : Dedham Records; History of Dover 17 & 80;
Dedham Historical Society Coll. Ill, 121, 123; Fisher Gen¬
ealogy 39, by Philip A. Fisher.
478. Oliver' Capex (Nathaniel,6 Ebenezer,5 Preserved,4
Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dedham 14
Oct. 1804. He married in Dedham 28 Nov. (20
Nov. ch. rec.) 1828 Sarah Ann Whiting of Ded¬
ham. She was baptized in Dedham 18 Dec. 1808
and was daughter of Calvin and Elizabeth (Fuller)
Whiting.
Children:
782. i. Child8 Capen, d. 16 May 183 —
783. ii. Child8 Capen, d. 16 May 183 —
784. iii. Calvin Whiting8 Capen, b . ; d. 1915. Willed
$1,000.00 to town of Dedham and $5,000.00 to Uni¬
tarian Church.
Authority : Dedham Church Records; Boston Transcript Mar.
1915.
480. William7 Capex (William,6 Ebenezer,5 Preserved,4
Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Sharon 29
Jan. 1808. He married in Rehoboth 12 Oct. 1835
Mary B. Earle, who was born in Swanzey 8 March
1812. She was daughter of Oliver and Lydia
(O’Brien) Earle. They lived in Mansfield.
The Capen Family
149
Children:
785. i. Sarah Jane8 Capen, b. 20 Mar. 1836; d. 10 Jan. 1837.
786. ii. Mary Jane8 Capen, b. 4 Mar. 1838; m. 7 Sept. 1860
Charles G. Clapp of Mansfield.
787. iii. Lydia Augusta8 Capen, b. 27 May 1843; d. 2 May 1851.
788. iv. Lucy M.8 Capen, b. 27 May 1848; d. 27 Apr. 1885; m.
9 July 1868 George A. Fisher of Mansfield.
Authorities : Sharon Records; Ralph Earle’s Descendants, 250.
486. Sarah7 Capen (Dr. Samuel,6 Elijah,5 Preserved,4
Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Sharon 20
Aug. 1798 and died in North Bridgewater 11 Apr.
1830. She married 15 Nov. 1821 (int. Sharon 18
Oct. 1821) Sidney Perkins, who was born in North
Bridgewater 14 June 1799. He was son of Zadoc
and Hannah (Packard) Perkins. He was a black¬
smith and shoe-tool maker.
Children born in North Bridgewater:
i. Samuel Capen Perkins, b. 15 Sept. 1823; m. 23 June
1844 Caroline S. Hayden.
ii. Erastus Sidney Perkins, b. 17 Sept. 1825; d. 23 July
1844.
iii. George Franklin Perkins, b. 21 May 1828; m. 29
Jan. 1851 Sarah E. Upton.
iv. Sarah Elizabeth Perkins, b. 3 Apr. 1830; d. 16 Oct.
1830.
Authorities: Sharon Vital Records; History of N. Bridge-
water.
489. Ann Maria B.7 Capen (Samuel,6 Nathaniel,6 John,4
Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born 7 July 1800.
She married 27 Aug. 1823 Livingston White, son
of Micah and Sarah (Mann) White.
Children born, probably, in Braintree :
i. George White.
ii. Maria Mann White.
iii. Caroline White.
iv. Ataline White.
150
The Capen Family
Authorities: History Old Braintree and Quincy 292; Thayer
Memorial Part I, l(i7, part II, 50; Notes from Carroll Adams
Capen (1121).
490. Samuel Mosely7 Capen (Samuel,6 Nathaniel,6
John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born 3 Oct.
1811 and died 23 Feb. 1842. He married 17 Feb.
1836 Sarah B. French who died 9 March 1848.
Children :
+789. i. Samuel Adams8 Capen, b. 11 Aug. 1836; m. Janet F.
Odell.
+789a. ii. Charles Mosely8 Capen, b. 11 Oct. 1839; m. Emma
Spaulding.
Sarah B. (French) Capen married secondly, 19 Apr.
1846 . Lane.
Authority: Records from Carroll A. Capen of Randolph
(1121).
499. Samuel Childs Capen (Samuel,0 Christopher,5
John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dor¬
chester 2 Dec. 1812 and died in Boston 12 March
1879. He married in Boston 21 March 1839 Ann
Billings who was born in Sharon 5 Aug. 1805 and
died in Boston 30 Nov. 1864. She was daughter of
Jesse and Abigail (Capen) Billings. Samuel
Childs Capen’s name appears in Boston Directories
from 1837 to 1879.
Children born in Boston:
790. i. Joseph Henry'8 Capen, b. 24 Apr. 1840; d. St. Paul,
Minn., 6 Jan. 1867, um. He was a soldier of the Civil
War and returned broken in health, which he never
regained.
+790a. ii. Samuel Billings8 Capen, b. 12 Dec. 1842; m. Helen
Maria Warren.
Authorities: Sharon Vital Records; Records from wife of
790a.
502. Dr. John Lemuel7 Capen (Samuel,6 Christopher,6
John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dor-
The Capen Family
151
Chester 13 June 1822. He married first, in So. Bos¬
ton 1855 Eleanor Randall, daughter of Osgood
Randall. He married secondly, in 1886 Sarah H.
Reger. Dr. Capen was a physician, but devoted
most of his time to phrenology.
Authority: The National Cyclopedia, Vol. IX, p. 100.
503. Charles7 Capen (Joseph,6 Christopher,5 John,4 Pre¬
served,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester 1 Dec.
1803 and died in Richmond, Ind., 5 June 1866.
He married in Cincinnati, O., 8 Feb. 1829 Catherine
Collins who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 18 Dec.
1810. She was daughter of Norman and Elizabeth
(Hulbert) Collins of Litchfield, Conn.
Children :
791. i. Amelia Eliza8 Capen, b. Cincinnati, Ohio., 10 Feb.
1831; d. in California 28 Nov. 1896, um.
792. ii. Julia Ann8 Capen, b. Dorchester 30 Mar. 1833; m.
Robert Allison of Pennsylvania, no. ch.
+793. iii. Lydia Coffin8 Capen, b. Nantucket 17 Feb. 1840; m.
Alexander Degnan.
+794. iv. Katherine H.8 Capen, b. Nantucket 21 Jan. 1842; m.
Robert B. Dentry of Philadelphia, Penna.
Authority: Records from Mrs. Georgia Noyes (806).
506. Christopher7 Capen (Joseph,6 Christopher,6 John,4
Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester 5
Jan. 1810 and died 22 March 1877. He married
in Nantucket 2 Aug. 1835 Lydia Coffin.
Children :
+795. i. Charles Hatch8 Capen, b. 1841; m. Alice L. Dorlow.
796. ii. George Otis8 Capen, b. 1846.
797. iii. Walter Nelson8 Capen, b. 1856.
The names of Christopher and Lydia Capen appear
in a list of members of the First Church and So¬
ciety of Bridgeport, Conn., as received by letter in
1863.
152
The Capen Family
No. 797 gave his line as Christopher,8 Joseph,7 Chris¬
topher,6 John,0 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard.1
John5 son of Samuel4 did not have a son Chris¬
topher, but John,4 son of Preserved3 did have
Christopher.5 No. 796, brother of 797, in a chart
gave the line Christopher,7 Joseph,6 Christopher,6
John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard.1
Authorities : Thayer’s Memorial 52; Bi Centennial, First
Church Bridgeport, Conn., 208; Dorchester B. M. D.; Records
from Mrs. Georgia Noyes (806), and chart from George Otis
Capen (796).
508. Ephraim7 Capen (Joseph,6 Christopher,6 John,4
Preserved,3 John,3 Bernard1) born in Dorchester
6 March 1813 and died 22 March 1876. He mar¬
ried first, in Roxbury 4 May 1842 Mary T. Lucas.
Child:
798. i. Frank8 Capen.
Ephraim7 Capen married secondly, in New York, 22
Aug. 1849 Mary Elliot Lamson.
Authority : Records from 806.
509. Thomas Williams7 Capen (Joseph,6 Christopher,6
John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dor¬
chester 14 Dec. 1815 and died in Stamford, Conn.,
29 Nov. 1880. He married first, in Boston 12 Sept.
1841 Cordelia Rosanna Wells, who was born in
Boston 19 July 1817 and died in Dorchester 5
Sept. 1864. She was daughter of Benjamin Tuttle
and Lydia Young (Appleton) Wells.
Children, first four, perhaps all, born in Dor¬
chester :
+799. i. Thomas Wells8 Capen, b. 25 Sept. 1842; m. Lucy J.
La Roza.
800. ii. Cordelia Frances8 Capen, b. 6 Jan. 1845; d. 22 Apr.
1845.
801. iii. Charles G.8 Capen, b. & d. 1846 or 1847.
The Capen Family
153
802. iv. Sarah Elizabeth8 Capen, b. 9 Jan. 1849.
803. v. Charles G. W.8 Capen, b. 9 July 1851 ; m. in Dorchester
15 Jan. 1890 Florence A. Needham, b. West Hart¬
ford, Vt., 10 Jan. 1862. He d. Dorchester 31 July
1915. No ch.
804. vi. Cordelia Rosanna8 Capen, b. 13 Sept. 1854; m. in
Dorchester 20 Sept. 1877 Edmund S. Young, b. Boston
5 Dec. 1855, ch. : 1 son, 2 dau.
Thomas Williams7 Capen married secondly, in Sears-
port, Me., 6 May 1866 Mrs. Zilpha Means Sawyer,
widow of . Sawyer and daughter of Anson
Darling and Eliza (Rogers) Long.
Children :
805. vii. Grace Darling8 Capen, b. 27 Sept. 1869; m. in Port¬
land, Ore., 31 Aug. 1892 William A. Dempsey, b.
Brooklyn, N. Y., 23 Aug. 1863. Ch. : 1 dau.
806. viii. Georgia Adams8 Capen, b. 9 Jan. 1871 ; m. in Dorchester
19 Oct. 1899 William E. Noyes, b. Atkinson, N. H.,
15 Aug. 1869. Ch. : 1 son Roger Capen Noyes.
807. ix. Edith Thayer8 Capen, b. 29 Apr. 1874; m. in Dor¬
chester 6 Sept. 1904 Charles L. Holmes, b. Arlington
3 Sept. 1878. Ch. : 2 dau. 1 son.
Authorities : Records from 806; Boston Transcript (deaths)
2 Aug. 1915.
511. George Otis7 Capen (Joseph,6 Christopher,6 John,4
Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester 3
March 1824 and died in Providence, R. I., 1 Dec.
1909. He married in Boston 5 July 1846 Lucy
Mead Welch, who was born in Boston 6 Feb. 1823
and died 19 March 1891. She was daughter of
Benjamin and Lydia (Ham) Welch, who were
married in Newburyport.
Children, first two born in Boston:
+808. i. Charles Edward8 Capen, b. 25 Nov. 1848; m. Hattie
Young.
809. ii. Isabel Augusta8 Capen, b. 12 Oct. 1851; m. 12 Sept.
1881 Edward H. Petrick, son of Theodore H. and
Lucy M. (Ashcroft) Petrick of Jersey City, N. J.
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+810. iii. Otis Stanley8 Capen, b. 1 Aug. 1857; m. Maria L.
Young.
810a. iv. Carrie Bartlett8 Capen, b. 29 Sept. 1861.
Authority : Records and Chart from 511 through 806.
519. Harriette Allen7 Capen (John,6 John,6 John,4
Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Wrentham 21
July 1816, and died in Bunker Hill, Ill., 28 Feb.
1852. She married Edward Burton, who was born
in Norwich, Vt., 14 Feb. 1817 and died in Bunker
Hill, Ill., 13 Sept. 1883.
Children:
i. Mary Ridoeley Burton, b. 1 Apr. 1843; d. Bunker
Hill., Ill., 8 Mar. 1852.
ii. Herbert Clark Burton, b. 7 Aug. 1845; m. 8 Nov.
1871 in Bunker Hill, Ill., Lydia May Edwards. Ch.: 1.
Harriette Eudora Burton, b. Bunker Hill, Ill., 5 Dec.
1872, 2. William Herbert Burton, b. Troy, Mo., 3
May 1879; m. 22 Oct. 1913 Greenville, Ill., Lillian
Byfield.
iii. Edward Payson Burton, b. 3 May 1848; d. 20 Sept.
1849.
iv. Florence Augusta Burton, b. 9 Aug. 1850; d. 9 Oct.
1850.
v. Harriet Eliza Burton, b. 4 Feb. 1852; d. 3 July 1857.
Authority : Unknown.
525. Dennison Dwight7 Capen (Phillip R.,6 Ephraim,6
John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Mans¬
field, Conn., 4 Oct. 1820, died in Perry, Iowa 28
Jan. 1907. His grave is in Concord, Wis. He mar¬
ried at Burlington, N. Y., 14 July 1845 Eliza
Warner, who was born in New Lisbon, N. Y., 3
Apr. 1821 and died in Concord, Wis., 10 Jan. 1882.
Children born in Concord, Wis.:
811. i. Julia Ann8 Capen, b. 28 Nov. 1846 Concord, Wis.; d.
19 Aug. 1852, same place.
+812. ii. Orlando Edwin8 (Edwin Orlando, Bible) Capen, b. 2
Apr. 1852; m. Nellie Marie O’Connor.
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155
813. iii. Leander Edmund8 (Edmund Leander, Bible) Capen, b.
2 Apr. 1852; m. 20 Nov. 1879 Lizzie Bishop in Somers,
Wis.
+814. iv. Arthur John8 Capen, b. 17 July 1854; d. 8 Sept. 1913
in Perry, Iowa; m. Emma Fowler.
815. v. Anna Eliza8 Capen, b. 13 Apr. 1858; d. 2 Aug. 1858,
Concord, Wis.
816. vi. Ida Elvira8 Capen, b. 13 Apr. 1858; m. 15 Mar. 1878
Alanson J. Durfee in Aurorstville, Wis.
Authorities : Bible records sent by (1143) and records sent
by (1145).
Eighth Generation
538. Sybil8 Capen (James,7 James,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4
John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Spencer 17 July
1785 and died in Charlton 4 Dec. 1845. She mar¬
ried in Spencer 5 Oct. 1807 Eleazer Adams of
Brookfield, who was born 22 April 1776 and died
in Charlton 5 June 1849, “suicide by hanging.” He
was son of John and Zilpah (Daniels) Adams.
Children, last four baptized in Medway:
i. Susan Adams, b. 18 Mar. 1808; m. 13 Apr. 1837 Chaun-
cey Flint, who d. 7 Apr. 1888. She d. Colesville, N.
Y., 2 Apr. 1896.
ii. Almy Adams, b. 20 Aug. 1810; d. 2 Sept. 1825.
iii. John Adams, b. 22 Oct. 1812; m. in Spencer 12 Apr.
1836 Silma (Cylene) Drury, b. Sturbridge 1 Jan.
1814; d. in Charlton 19 Feb. 1860.
iv. Charles Adams, b. 28 Jan. 1815; m. 26 Oct. 1842 Selma
(Selina) Hobbs; d. 16 Jan. 1893. Residence after
Nov. 1852 Windsor, Broome Co., N. Y.
v. James Capen Adams, b. 15 Oct. 1816, bap. Medway;
m. 12 Nov. 1839 Augusta Foster. They settled Ham-
monton, N. J., in 1861.
vi. Zilpah Adams, b. 15 Sept. 1820; d. Charlton 15 Apr.
1839.
vii. Francis D. Adams, b. 5 Sept. 1822-3; m. 14 Apr. 1846
(he was 22 yrs. old), Miriam Drake, dau. of William
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and Sally (Hare) Drake, b. Spencer 27 Jan. 1821.
Settled in Spencer 1841.
viii. Albert Adams, b. 20 Feb. 1826; m. 1863-4 Sarah Har¬
rington, 2 ch. d. y. Res. Berryville, Otsego Co., Mich.
Authorities : Charlton Vital Records; Medway Vital Records;
Spencer Vital Records; Adams History 529.
539. Abraham8 Capen (James,7 James,6 Samuel,6 Sam¬
uel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Spencer 21
Jan. 1788 and died there 6 May 1848. He mar¬
ried there first, (int. in Spencer 16 Oct. 1814) Polly
Hinds, who was born in Brookfield 10 Feb. 1793
and died in Spencer 22 April 1815. She was
daughter of Oliver and Mary (Capen) Hinds.
He married secondly, in Spencer 25 May 1817 Anna
Bemis, who was born 1784 and died in Spencer 1
May 1824. An Anna Bemis was born 2 Jan. 1784,
daughter of Joshua and Sarah Bemis and an Anna
Bemis was born 19 April 1784, daughter of Sam¬
uel and Anna Bemis.
Children born in Spencer:
817. i. Alfred9 Capen, b. 24 June 1818; m. in Charlton 17 Sept.
1848 Maria E. Sibley of Spencer. Ch. ; 1 son, 1 dau.
Elida M.10 Capen, b. Taunton, d. Spencer 21 June
1923.
817a. ii. Aurelia9 Capen, b. 31 Aug. 1820; m. in Spencer 3 Oct.
1839 Tyler Marsh Jr. b. 27 Aug. 1813, son of Tyler
and Sally (Sibley) Marsh.
+818. iii. Alonzo9 Capen, b. 31 Mar. 1822; m. “Percy” .
819. iv. Anna9 Capen, b. 24 Mar. 1824; m. 27 Apr. 1845 George
Mullett Jr., b. abt. 1823, son of George and Roxanna
( ) Mullett. She d. bef. 1848.
He married thirdly, in Spencer 3 March 1825 Lydia
Mason, who was born 12 Dec. 1797. She was
daughter of Ebenezer and Sally (Bears) Mason.
Children born in Spencer:
+820. v. Abraham9 Capen, b. 20 Nov. 1825; m. Sarah L. Craig.
The Capen Family
157
821. vi. Mary Eliza9 Capen, b. 23 June 1827; m. 8 Mar. 1848
George Mullett Jr. who m. 1st her half sister Anna.
822. vii. Ebenezer9 Capen, b. 6 Nov. 1830; d. in Worcester 19
Mar. 1912.
823. viii. James9 Capen, b. 9 May 1832, d. Spencer 10 Jan. 1920.
Ch. : 1 dau. m. Charles V. Porrey and had William
Porrey and Lt. Arthur Porrey.
+824. ix. Susan Meriah9 Capen, b. 7 Feb. 1837; m. Cheney Porter
Prouty.
Authorities : Hyde Genealogy; Vital Records Spencer, Lei¬
cester and Brookfield; Worcester Directory 1912.
542. James8 Capen (James,7 James,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4
John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Spencer 26 July
1793 and died there 22 Jan. 1824. He married in
Spencer 8 Nov. 1815 Nancy Adams of Brookfield,
who was born Dec. 1798. She was daughter of
Elias and Hannah (Flagg) Adams.
Children born in Spencer:
825. i. Melinda9 Capen, b. 3 July 1816; m. in Spencer 27 Nov.
1834 William Jefferson Adams, b. Brookfield 1 Oct.
1806, son of William and Sarah (Howe) Adams. He
d. 1 May 1880. She d. 17 Sept. 1888. n
826. ii. Nancy9 Capen, b. 20 Dec. 1818; m. in Spencer 30 Oct.
1837 Samuel Holmes.
Authority : Spencer Vital Records.
544. Col. Edmund8 Capen (? James,7 James,6 Samuel,5
Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Spencer
19 Jan. 1799. He married in Charlton 24 March
1829 Ana or Anna Woodward Hicks, daughter of
Solomon and Eunice (Armsby) Hicks of Sutton.
She was born in Sutton (recorded in Charlton) 27
June 1808.
Children born in Charlton:
+827. i. Lewis Edmund9 Capen, b. 9 July 1829; m. 19 Nov. 1856
Sarah A. Darling.
828. ii. Julia Ann9 Capen, b. 16 June 1831; m. in Charlton 9
Dec. 1849 Levator Mclntire, b. Charlton, son of Dar-
158
The Capen Family
ling and Phila (Brownell) Mclntire, m. rec. calls her
“of Spencer.”
829. iii. Adeline Eliza9 Capen, b. 7 Sept. 1832.
Authorities'. Charlton Vital Records; Sutton Vital Records.
545. William8 Capen (James,7 James,6 Samuel,5 Sam¬
uel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Spencer 26
May 1800 and died 20 May 1881. He married in
Spencer 30 April 1835 Eliza (Elizabeth) Green,
who was born in Spencer 19 Oct. 1814 and died 10
April 1900. She was daughter of Ezra and Han¬
nah (Sumner) Green.
Children born in Spencer:
+830. i. William Edwin9 Capen, b. 17 Aug. 1837; m. 5 June
1889 Caroline Chartres.
831. ii. Henry Oscar9 Capen, b. 5 Aug. 1839; d. 30 July 1842.
832. iii. Ruth Eliza9 Capen, b. 14 Apr. 1843; d. 22 June 1860.
+833. iv. Ellen Maria9 Capen, b. 3 June 1846; m. 9 Mar. 1876
Ellis Myron Green.
834. v. Minerva Thwing9 Capen, b. 29 Apr. 1848; d. 22 June
1860.
Authority : Spencer Vital Records.
546. Hiram8 Capen (James,7 James,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4
John,3 John,2 Bernard,1) born in Spencer 1 or 2
Dec. 1802 and died 2 April 1883. He married in
Brookfield 20 April 1831 Adeline Adams who was
born in Brookfield 2 April 1811 and died 15 March
1896. She was daughter of William and Sarah
(Howe) Adams.
Children born, probably, in Brookfield:
835. i. Ann Eliza9 Capen, b. 3 July 1832; d. 6 May 1840.
836. ii. William Henry9 Capen, b. 20 May 1836; d. 4 Mar.
1837.
837. iii. Frances Adeline9 Capen, b. 9 Sept. 1839; d. 1 June
1849.
838. iv. Charles Henry9 Capen, b. 3 Aug. 1841; d. 25 Dec.
1858.
The Capen Family
159
839. v. Hiram Elbridge9 Capen, b. 30 May 1843; d. 30 Mar.
1912; m. 28 Sept. 1867 Eleanor Curtice, dan. of Robert
and Laurinda (Baldwin) Curtice. No eh. Adopted
Charles Ellsworth Capen who m. and had Harold El¬
bridge Capen and Herbert Hayden Capen.
840. vi. Jane Eliza9 Capen, b. 3 Aug. 1847; m. 16 Nov. 1873
Justin E. Ward. Ch. : Dr. Edward S. Ward of Attle¬
boro and Eliza (Ward) Waite of Montana.
841. vii. Adeline Irene9 Capen, b. 25 Oct. 1849; m. 26 April
1884 Reuben Walker of Spencer.
Authorities : Adams History, 589 & 702; Records from Mrs.
Eleanor (Curtice) Capen, widow of 839.
547. Persis8 Capen (John,7 John,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4
John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Windsor, Vt., 12
Nov. 1795 and died in Bloomington, Ill., 7 Jan.
1865. She married 27 Dec. 1812 Bezaleel Shaw of
Pike, N. Y., who died 11 Dec. 1862.
Children, first three born in Pike, N. Y. :
842. i. Lucy C. Shaw, b. 1 Nov. 1813; d. Pike, N. Y., 30 July
1816.
843. ii. Eliza Ann Shaw, b. 10 Feb. 1816; m. 25 July 1833
Rev. John N. T. Tucker. She d. 27 June 1834.
844. iii. Aursula Ann Shaw, b. 2 Apr. 1818; d. 26 Oct. 1819.
845. iv. Cornelia S. Shaw, b. 22 Nov. 1821; d. Bloomington,
Ill., 23 May 1887.
846. v. Edward A. Shaw, b. 10 Oct. 1827; d. 14 Dec. 1830.
847. vi. Oscar Augustus Shaw, b. Portage, N. Y., 19 Mar. 1829;
m. in Perry, N. Y., 4 Dec. 1855 Ann Jeannette Post,
b. 13 Oct. 1833. Res. Bloomington, Ill.
Authority : Descendants of John and Rhoda (Thompson)
Capen, by Charles L. Capen, Bloomington, Ill., pp. 7 & 9.
548. Cyrus8 Capen (John,7 John,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4
John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Windsor, Vt., 19
April 1798 and died in Warsaw, N. Y., 15 April
1876. He married in Warsaw, N. Y.,,3 May 1824
Delilah Scovel, who was born 14 April 1805 and
died 17 April 1881. She was daughter of Hezekiah
and Amy (Thompson) Scovel, who were married
in Vermont.
160
The Capen Family
Children born in Warsaw, N. Y.:
848. i. Mary Matilda9 Capen, b. 21 Jan. 1825; d. in Warsaw,
N. Y., 8 Dec. 1893; m. 13 June 1852 Alonzo Cleve¬
land, who d. in Warsaw, N. Y., 12 Feb. 1867, son of
Nicholas and Sarah (Morris) Cleveland. Ch. : 3 sons.
+849. ii. Luman Hezekiah9 Capen, b. 27 Mar. 1830; m. Theresa
J. Lowry, Union Springs, N. Y., 18 Nov. 1856.
850. iii. Amy R.9 Capen, b. 28 Mar. 1832; d. Warsaw, N. Y., 30
Dec. 1845.
+851. iv. Samuel Shaw9 Capen, b. 27 Nov. 1837; m. Ida Louisa
Babcock Fearing.
852. v. Cyrus S.9 Capen, b. 2 Aug. 1845; d. 27 Sept. 1849.
Authorities : Descendants of John and Rhoda (Thompson)
Capen by Charles L. Capen, Bloomington, Ill., 849; History
of Warsaw, N. Y., p. 244.
549. Laura8 Capen (John,7 John,,J Samuel,6 Samuel,4
John,3 John," Bernard1) born in Windsor, Vt., 6
April 1804 and died in Eagle, N. Y., 22 Feb. 1877.
She married Levi Walker, who was born in Gran¬
ville, N. Y., 14 Oct. 1796 and died in Warsaw,
N. Y., 16 July 1860.
Children born in Warsaw, N. Y., except one
or two:
i. Royal Capen Walker, b. 1 Aug. 1826; m. Pike, N. Y.,
14 Nov. 1850 Jane Metcalf, res. Gainesville, N. Y.
ii. Henrietta Frank Walker, b. 29 Apr. 1828; d. 8 May
1853.
iii. Edson Earl Walker, b. 4 Dec. 1829; m. 1st, Pike, N. Y.,
22 May 1857 Emily Beckwith; m. 2ndly, Amanda Gil¬
bert in 1873, res. Bliss, N. Y.
iv. Arvilla Adelia Walker, b. 19 Nov. 1831; d. 20 Apr.
1851.
v. Sibbel Rosalia Walker, b. 18 Sept. 1833; d. Eagle,
N. Y., 1 Aug. 1873.
vi. Eliza Ann Walker, b. 11 May 1835; d. Union Springs,
N. Y., 5 Feb. 1853.
vii. Mary Jane Walker, b. 27 Dec. 1836; m. 2 Jan. 1867
in Pike, N. Y., Ira Eastman, res. Arcade, N. Y.
viii. Newbury Levi Walker, b. Pike, N. Y., 1 July 1843;
m. Gainesville, N. Y., 6 Sept. 1871 Lucy Raymond,
res. Pike, N. Y.
The Capen Family
161
ix. Ezra Orlando Walker, b. 1 Mar. 1846; m. Warsaw,
N. Y., 15 Nov. 1866 Martha Raymond, res. Bliss, N. Y.
Authority : Descendants of John and Rhoda (Thompson)
Capen, by Charles L. Capen, Bloomington, Ill., 8 & 10.
550. Luman Whitcomb8 Capen (John,7 John,6 Samuel,5
Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Skanea-
teles, N. Y., 13 Sept. 1807 and died in Blooming¬
ton, Ill., 24 Dec. 1883. He married first, in Seneca
Falls, N. Y., 17 Mar. 1831 Sibbel Hoskins. She
died in Union Springs, N. Y., 27 Feb. 1842. He
removed to Bloomington, Ill., 1856.
Children :
+853. i. Henry9 Capen, b. Seneca Falls, N. Y., 29 Jan. 1832;
m. Henrietta Park Clark.
854. ii. Mary Elizabeth9 Capen, b. Union Springs, N. Y., 11
June 1837; d. there 13 Aug. 1849.
He married secondly, in Auburn, N. Y., 20 Feb.
1844 Eliza Munger, who was born in Auburn, N.
Y., 20 Feb. 1819, and died in Bloomington, Ill.,
27 Aug. 1897. She was daughter of Asa and Polly
(Chapin) Munger of Mass. & New York.
+855.
+856.
+857.
+858.
859.
860.
Children born, first four in Union Springs, N.
Y., last two in Bloomington, Ill.
iii. Charles Laban9 Capen, b. 31 Jan. 1845; m. Ella E.
Briggs.
iv. Harriet Eliza9 Capen, b. 10 Feb. 1846; m. 1st, Oct.
1867 W. H. Allen, Bloomington, Ill.; m. 2ndly, Joseph
Townsend 2 Sept. 1896 Bloomington, Ill.
v. Lilias Celina9 Capen, b. 1 June 1849; m. T. N. Howard.
vi. James Seymour9 Capen, b. 18 Oct. 1852; m. Laura M.
Spence.
vii. Clarence Seward9 Capen, b. 10 June 1857; d. Bloom¬
ington, Ill., 30 Jan. 1860.
viii. Jerome Elmer9 Capen, b. 5 June 1862; m. Monticello,
Ill., 4 Apr. 1895 Laura Pearl Pinckard, who was b.
in Springfield, Ill., dau. of George Robbins and Eliza¬
beth (Gilman) Pinckard. No ch.
Authority : Descendants of John and Rhoda (Thompson)
Capen by Charles L. Capen, Bloomington, Ill.
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The Capen Family
551. Sally Celina8 Capen (John,7 John,6 Samuel,5 Sam¬
uel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Skaneateles,
N. Y., 31 Jan. 1812 and died in Pike, N. Y., 24
Aug. 1841. She married in Pike, N. Y., 26 Feb.
1833 William Eggleston.
Children born in Pike, N. Y.:
i. Judson Eggleston, b. 9 Sept. 1834*; d. in infancy.
ii. Ann Eliza Eggleston, b. 8 May 1836; m. in Pike, N.
Y., 26 Oct. 1865 Colin Robinson, who d. 18 July 1897,
res. Hyde Park, Ill.
iii. Edwin Eggleston, b. 19 June 1841; d. 11 Nov. 1841.
Authority : Descendants of John and Rhoda (Thompson)
Capen by Charles L. Capen, Bloomington, Ill.
552. John F.8 Capen (John,7 John,6 Samuel,6 Samuel,4
John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Skaneateles, N. Y.,
17 Oct. 1816 and died in Bloomington, Ill., 12 Dec.
1899. He married first, 7 Nov. 1841 Sarah Sumner
Merrill, who was born in Pike, N. Y., 9 May 1820
and died in Fowlerville, N. Y., 6 Nov. 1864.
Children :
+861. i. Frank Sumner9 Capen, b. York, N. Y., 21 Dec. 1843;
m. Louise M. Peck.
862. ii. Charles Merrill9 Capen, b. 16 May 1850; m. Bloom¬
ington, Ill., 25 Dec. 1873 Alice M. Eggleston, res.
Hyde Park, Ill.
John F.8 Capen married secondly, in Saranac, Mich.,
Emma Hactan.
Authority : Descendants of John and Rhoda (Thompson)
Capen by Charles L. Capen, Bloomington, Ill.
553. Dexter8 Capen (Purchase,7 Purchase,6 Samuel,5
Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) married Cynthia
Jenks (int. Palmette 7 Dec. 1827). In int. he is
called of Belchertown.
Children :
George9 Capen, b. 1728; m. in Palmer 31 Dec. 1849
(age 21) Martha A. White.
+863. i.
The Capen Family
163
864.
864a.
865.
866.
867.
868.
869.
870.
871.
872.
873.
874.
ii. Maria9 Capen, b . ; m. Norman Alden of Lud¬
low, ch. : 1. Frank Alden, 2. Fred Alden.
iii. David9 Capen, b . ; d. um.
iv. Matilda9 Capen, b . ; m. Dwight Mills of
Belchertown. Ch. : 1. Ervine Mills, 2. Carrebella
Mills.
v. Thomas9 Capen, b . ; m. Nancy Bishop of
Belchertown, 1 ch.
vi. Lovina9 Capen. •
vii. Almira9 Capen.
viii. Alva9 Capen.
ix. Martha9 Capen.
x. Philenas9 Capen.
xi. Andrew9 Capen.
xii. Samuel9 Capen.
xiii. Susan9 Capen.
Three others d. y.
Authority: Records from Mrs. Susan (Capen) Gunderson
(558).
557. Edmund8 Capen (Edmund,7 Purchase,6 Samuel,5
Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Boston
11 Nov. 1814 and died in Springfield 6 April 1870.
He married 25 June 1847 Lodisa Fuller, who was
born 26 March 1816 and died in Springfield 13
April 1881. She was daughter of John and Theo¬
dosia (Capen) Fuller.
Children born in Springfield:
875. i. Sarah Ellen9 Capen, b. 19 April 1848; m. 20 Aug. 1890
George Foster.
876. ii. Charles William9 Capen, b. 2 July 1851; d. 8 Oct.
1886.
+877. iii. Susan Theodosia9 Capen, b. 26 May 1856; m. 24 Apr.
1873 Elbert M. Keyes.
Authority: Records from Mrs. Susan (Capen) Gunderson
(558).
558. Susan8 Capen (Edmund,7 Purchase,6 Samuel,5 Sam¬
uel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Boston 24
Dec. 1815 and died in Ripon, Wis., 22 March 1897.
164
The Capen Family
She married in Cambridge 12 Aug. 1841 Joseph
Goodridge Gunderson, who was born in Boston 8
Sept. 1815 and died in Newton Center 26 May
1892. He was son of John and Lydia (Good¬
ridge) Gunderson.
Child born in Cambridge:
i. Helen Maria Gunderson, b. 10 June 1843; d. 14 Aug.
1916 in Buffalo, N. Y.; m. 16 Oct. 1873 in Newton
Center Charles Albert8 Hayden b. Alton, Ill., 19 July
1843; d. Springfield, Ill., 27 Mar. 1927. He was the
compiler of this genealogy. His line of descent is:
William,7 Nathaniel,6 Enock,5 Elijah,4 Nehemiah,3
Nehemiah,2 John1 Hayden of Dorchester and Braintree.
His father and mother in 1831 with their eldest child,
William Henry8 Hayden, went by sailing vessel from
Boston, by way of New Orleans, up the Mississippi
River to Alton, Ill., where Charles Albert was born.
He attended the public schools in Alton, Ill., and
Shurtcliff College in the same town. He served in the
army during the latter part of the Civil War. After
the war he studied at Union Theological Seminary of
the Baptist denomination. For several years he served
the Baptist churches in Ohio. In 1879 he became an
Episcopalian and was ordained to the Priesthood in
1881 and served as Rector of various Episcopal
churches in Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Dela¬
ware and Wisconsin. After the death of his wife he
came to Springfield, Ill., and acted as assistant to the
Rector of Saint Paul’s Church there until his death.
The Rector of Saint Paul’s says of him: “Charles Al¬
bert Hayden was a man of great culture and refine¬
ment. His temperament was highly artistic, being
especially gifted with music. He played the pipe
organ with rare skill and devout interpretation. In
1916 he came to Springfield where his warm human
sympathy, kindly helpfulness and sincere Christian
piety won him a host of friends. During these closing
years he was the loyal friend and invaluable assistant,
at Saint Paul’s Church, of the Rector Edward Hough¬
ton.” His grave is in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Spring-
field, Ill.
The Capen Family
165
Children :
1. Arthur Gunderson Hayden, b. Akron, Ohio, 10 Oct.
1874; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1 June 1905 Florence
Ketcham, who was b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 24 Dec. 1883,
dau. of George Franklin and Ida Josephine (Knight)
Ketcham. Ch. b. Albany, N. Y. : (a) Helen Gertrude
Hayden, b. 25 May 1907, (b) George Gunderson Hay¬
den, b. 16 Oct. 1908, (c) Robert Riggs Hayden, b. 31
Mar. 1914.
2. Helen M. Hayden, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 24 Aug. 1878,
m. Buffalo, N. Y., 21 Nov. 1912 Hugh Boyd, b. Brook¬
lyn, N. Y., 17 May 1885. Ch. : Marian Perddow Boyd,
b. Niagara Falls, N. Y., 13 Apr. 1919.
Authority : Records from immediate family; Parish News of
St. Paul’s Church, Springfield, Ill.
563. Rev. James Win c hell8 Capen (Edmund,7 Pur¬
chase,6 Samuel,6 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Boston 7 Nov. 1822 and died in Bing¬
hamton, N. Y., 27 Dec. 1886. He married first,
in Binghamton, N. Y., 18 Oct. 1855 Zara Whit¬
ney who was born 15 May 1832 and died 28 May
1857 at Richmond Springs, N. Y. She was daugh¬
ter of Joshua and Zara Silk (Evans) Whitney.
No children.
He married secondly, 9 July 1874 Leonora Sophie
Colt, who was born 8 May 1839 on her father’s
estate “La Perseverancia” in Cuba. She was
daughter of George (a) and Leonora Teresa
(Fatio) (b) Colt, and grand daughter of James
D. (c) and Sarah (Root) Colt, and of Francis
Philip (d) and Mary (Ledbetter) (e) Fatio.
They lived in Binghamton, N. Y., at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Whitney, parents of his first
wife.
Children born in Binghamton, N. Y.:
+878. i. Joshua Winchell9 Capen, b. 6 June 1876; m. Louise
Moehle.
166
The Capen Family
879. ii. Oliver Bronson9 Capen, b. 28 June 1878.
880. iii. Julia Frances9 Capen, b. 3 July 1880.
(a) George Colt was b. in Pittsfield, probably in 1807,
was son of James D. and Sarah (Root) Colt. He lived
for a time in Florida and there m. Leonora Teresa
Fatio.
(b) Leonora Teresa Fatio was b. in Florida and was dau.
of Francis Philip and Marie Madaleine (Crispel)
Fatio, and gr. dau. of Louis and Rosa (D’Oreste)
Crispel of Nice in Sardinea.
(c) James D. Colt was son of Capt. James D. Colt. “He
was m. Sunday 8 May 1791, bef. the afternoon session,
in the little brown meeting house, under the elm, by
Rev. Thomas Allen” to Sarah, dau. of Ezekiel Root.
‘‘The marriage festivities continued through three days”
commencing at the house of the bride’s father, in the
village, and terminating at the homestead of Capt.
Colt. The guests accompanied the wedded pair, all
on horseback, in a happy cavalcade, from the village to
the new home.”
(d) Francis Philip Fatio was b. in Switzerland near
Lake Geneva 6 Aug. 1724; d. in Florida 11 Aug. 1811,
was son of John David Fatio and Lady Pauline Muller.
He became an officer in the British army and was
stationed at St. Augustine, Florida, during the oc¬
cupancy of that place by the English. He and his
brother became possessed of immense estates, on both
sides of the St. John’s river, which they called New
Switzerland.
(e) Mary Ledbetter was b. in Virginia about 1783, was
dau. of Drury Ledbetter. She m. 6 June 1802 Francis
Fhilip Fatio and d. New Switzerland, Fla., 9 Apr.
1828. She was kin to George Washington (2nd cousin
once removed) and had a small trunk containing many
letters written by George Washington. This trunk was
lost when the family fled from the plantation, at the
time of McIntosh’s rebellion, all their buildings being
burned.
Authorities: Whitney Family 567; History Pittsfield 408;
Records furnished by Leonora Sophie Colt, wife of 563;
Booklet printed 1888 for private use by Susan (Fatio)
L’Engle, dau. of Francis Philip and Mary (Ledbetter) Fatio.
The Capen Family
167
565. Albert McKenzie8 Capen (Sylvester,7 Purchase,9
Samuel,6 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born 16
Oct. 1886 and died 22 Feb. 1892. He married 27
Feb. 1861 Emma Wells who was born 5 Jan. 1843
and died 31 Dec. 1915.
Children :
881. i. Walter Herbert9 Capen, b. Auburn, Me., 17 Nov. 1862;
m. Lulu L. Hubbell. Ch. : 1. Alma10 Capen.
882. ii. Albert McKenzie9 Capen, b. Auburn, Me., 20 Jan.
1864; m. 1st, Josephine . ; m. 2ndly, Katherine
Conner. Ch. : 1. Gladys10 Capen.
888. iii. Charles Howard9 Capen, b. 5 June . ; m. Ada
Mumford. Ch. : 1. Flora10 Capen, 2. Charles H.10
Capen, 3. Albert M.10 Capen, res. East Orange, N. J.
884. iv. James F.9 Capen, b. 15 Aug. 1875; m. Annie E. Fliedner.
Ch. : 1. Adelaide L.10 Capen, b. 20 Aug. 1901, 2. James
F.10 Capen, b. 31 Dec. 1904, 3. Alma M.10 Capen, b.
18 Nov. 1912. Res. Montclair, N. J.
885. v. Louise M.9 Capen, b. 5 June . ; m. Arthur M.
Taylor. Ch. : 1. Louisa10 Capen. Res. Chicopee Falls.
Authority: Records from James F. Capen (884).
566. Auburn Purchase8 Capen (Sylvester,7 Purchase,6
Samuel,6 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Belchertown 27 July 1837 and died in Springfield
12 Nov. 1913. He married first, in Ludlow 27
Dec. 1860 Caroline Poole, who was born in Bel¬
chertown 9 Aug. 1840 and died there 6 June 1900.
She was daughter of Alanson and Hannah (Olds)
Poole.
Children born in Belchertown:
886. i. Nellie M.9 Capen, b. 3 June 1860; d. 1867.
+887. ii. Edgar A.9 Capen, b. 27 Feb. 1873; m. Alberta Poole.
Auburn Purchase8 Capen married secondly, in
Springfield 1893 Mrs. Annie M. Faulkner, who
was born in East Longmeadow 1 Dec. 1843. She
was widow of . Faulkner and daughter
of Frederick and Dolly Ann (Nichols) Mills.
168
The Capen Family
Authorities : Records from Mrs. Auburn P. Capen, wife of
566; and Edgar A. Capen (887).
568. John8 Capen (Ebenezer,7 Barnard,6 John,5 Samuel,4
John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dorchester 5 Feb.
1779 and died there 5 April 1855. He married
(int. in Hopkinton 8 June 1805, when he is called
“of Roxboro”) Anna Goddard who was born in
Hopkinton 25 Nov. 1785. She was daughter of
Edward Goddard.
Children :
William H.9 Capen, b. 14 July 1815; m. Abigail Elms.
Elizabeth9 Capen, b .
Catherine E.9 Capen, b . ; m . Day of
East Boston.
Samuel Goddard9 Capen, b. 16 Apr. 1824; m. Harriet
H. Bates.
Mary Ann9 Capen, b . ; m. Capt. William
Wells Wyman of Boston.
Authorities: Hopkinton Vital Records; Dorchester B. M. D.;
Old North Burying Ground Dorchester; Records from son
of 709.
569. Hannah Holden8 Capen (Ebenezer,7 Barnard,6
John,6 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dorchester 13 Sept. 1780 or 1782, and died 11
Sept. 1856. She married 1804 Stephen Wentworth,
who was born 18 Feb. 1779 and died in Milton 2
May 1848. He was son of Stephen and Abigail
(Hartwell) Wentworth.
Children :
i. Jaazaniah Wentworth, b. 28 June 1805; d. Oct. 1822.
ii. Amos H. Wentworth, b. 1 June 1807 in Milton; m.
Hannah M. Foster.
iii. Ruth Bussey Wentworth, b. 6 May 1809; m. George
Paul.
iv. Abigail Tolman Wentworth, b. 26 Oct. 1813; m. 1st,
Charles Francis Davenport; m. 2ndly, William Mead.
v. Benjamin Bussey Wentworth, b. Dec. 1815; m.
Abigail Dow.
vi. Stephen J. Wentworth, b. 21 Oct. 1824; m. Susan
Adams, dau. of Lemuel Adams of Quincy. No ch.
+888. i.
889. ii.
890. iii.
+891. iv.
892. v.
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169
Authorities: Wentworth Genealogy II, 828; Dorchester
B. M. D.
570. Ebenezer8 Capen (Ebenezer,7 Barnard,6 John,5
Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dor¬
chester March 1785 and died there 3 April 1812.
He married in Milton 21 Aug. 1807 Ann or Nancy
Chamberlain of Milton. She* probably, is the Nancy
Capen who died in Dorchester 10 Sept. 1810.
Child born in Dorchester:
+893. i. Ebenezer9 Capen, b. 12 Feb. 1809; m. 1st, Judith B.
Spear; m. 2ndly, Charlotte F. S. Hill.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Records from 2nd wife of
893.
572. Fhinehas8 Capen (Ebenezer,7 Barnard,6 John,0
Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dor¬
chester 12 July 1792 and died before 1880. He
married first .
Child born in Boston:
894. i. Henry G.9 Capen, b. 16 Aug. 1813; d. Boston 16 July
1885; m. Charlotte Ann . , b. 22 Jan. 1816.
They lived for many years in Mt. Vernon St., Boston.
Both their graves are in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cam¬
bridge.
Phinehas8 Capen married secondly, (int. in Medford
25 Jan. 1849) Cylene Spear of Boston, who died,
probably, 1883 in Boston.
Authorities: Dorchester B. M. D.; Medford Vital Records;
Cambridge Vital Records; Boston Directories 1834-1880.
573. Benjamin8 Capen (Ebenezer,7 Barnard,6 John,5
Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Dor¬
chester 4 June 1800 and died in Boston 6 Jan.
1882. He married first, 24 April 1827 Thankful
Holmes Hatch, who died in Dorchester 26 Sept.
1835 “aged 30 yrs.”
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The Capen Family
Children bom in Dorchester:
+895. i. Elizabeth Irene Preble9 Capen, b. 7 Apr. 1828; m.
William Spargo.
896. ii. George Phinehas Rogers9 Capen, b. 27 Jan. 1830; d.
Apr. 1837.
897. iii. Sarah Huntoon Thompson9 Capen, b. 23 Dec. 1833;
d. Mar. 1835.
898. iv. Thankful Holmes Hatch9 Capen, b. 12 Sept. 1835;
d. 27 Jan. 1854.
Benjamins Capen married secondly, 15 Sept. 1836
Eliza Eager who was born in Marlborough 6 Aug.
1804 and died in Dorchester 23 Oct. 1886. She
was daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Gates)
Eager.
Children born in Dorchester:
899. v. Sophia Bonney9 Capen, b. 26 July 1837.
+900. vi. Asa Mehan9 Capen, b. 11 June 1840; m. Sarah M.
Floyd.
+901. vii. Mary Staples9 Capen, b. 21 Mar. 1844; m. Rev. Charles
Henry Ewer.
902. viii. John Wesley9 Capen, b. 16 Oct. 1847; m. Sept. 1868
Mary Ann Morris b. Eng., lived in Boston. No ch.
Authorities : Dorchester B. M. D.; Marlborough Vital Rec¬
ords; Records from 899, 900, & 901 .
576. John Davis8 Capen (John Henry,7 John,6 John,6
Edward,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born 22 Oct.
1832 and died 19 Oct. 1904. He married Sept.
1859 Mary Frances Hewitt, daughter of Capt.
Frederick Hewitt.
Children:
903. i. Willimina Labreese9 Capen, b. 26 Nov. 1860; d. 5
Feb. 1885; m. Charles Weiss of Boston.
904. ii. Jennie Frances9 Capen, b. 11 July 1863; m. John
Francis Brennan of Boston.
905. iii. John Hewitt9 Capen, b. Amity ville, L. I., N. Y., 1
July 1865; m. May Terwilliger of Minneapolis, Minn.
Ch.: John HewetP0 Capen Jr., b. N. Y. City 17 May
1898.
Authority : Records from 905.
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171
584. Charles Lemuel8 Capen (Charles James,7 Rev.
Lemuel,6 John,5 Edward,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born 9 Feb. 1850 and died 23 Oct. 1902. He
married Oct. 1875 Elizabeth Sweetser Fellows
(living Lexington 1911).
Children :
906. i. Florence S.9 Capen, b. 28 July 1876; d. 17 Aug. 1877.
907. ii. Bertha F.9 Capen, b. 1 Nov. 1878.
908. iii. Morris P.9 Capen, b. 24 Apr. 1880.
909. iv. Charles James9 Capen, b. 30 July 1884.
910. v. Rebecca Eastman9 Capen, b. 28 Jan. 1888.
Authority: Records from 908.
592. Josiah8 Capen (Josiah,7 Samuel,6 Josiah,5 Samuel,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Hartford,
Conn., 8 Jan. 1798 and died in Bloomfield, Conn.,
3 Aug. 1884. He married 3 April 1839 Jane
Spencer of Hartford, Conn., who was born 12 Jan.
1818 and died 10 March 1905. She was daughter
of John Spencer of Hartford, Conn.
Children born Hartford, Conn. :
911. i. John Spencer9 Capen, b. 9 Jan. 1841; d. 24 Sept. 1841.
+912. ii. Josiah Cleveland9 Capen, b. 28 Apr. 1843; m. 19 June
1873 Alice L. Burr.
913. iii. George F.9 Capen, b. 30 Sept. 1846; m. 1st, Mary J.
Chapin, d. 24 Oct. 1911; m. 2ndly, Aug. 1914 Mrs.
Edith (Griswold) Loveland, dau. of Frank Griswold
of Bloomfield, Conn.
Authority: Records from J. Cleveland Capen (912).
593. Henry8 Capen (Josiah,7 Samuel,6 Josiah,5 Samuel,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Mass, and died
in Windsor, Conn. He married Melissa Loomis,
who was born 1802 and died in Windsor, Conn.,
1877. She was daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth
( ) Loomis.
Children:
914. i. Mary Jane9 Capen, b.
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The Capen Family
915. ii. Henry Oscar9 Capen, b.
916. iii. James Robbins9 Capen, b.
917. iv. Eliza Melissa9 Capen, m. 8 June 1863 Samuel David
Drake, b. July 1828, son of David and Eunice (Eg¬
gleston) Drake.
918. v. Charles Cornelius9 Capen, b. in Hartford, Conn., 184*1 ;
died there 26 May 1890; m. Julia Ritter, b. Windsor,
Conn., 1846, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Pease)
Ritter. Ch. : Harry R.10 Capen.
Authorities : Ancient Windsor II, 185 & 446; Loomis Gen¬
ealogy 75; Records from Harry R.10 Capen, son of 918.
594. Sarah8 Capen (Josiah,7 Samuel,6 Josiah,6 Samuel,4
Samuel/ John,2 Bernard1) married 28 Oct. 1829
Samuel Collins Loomis, who was born 4 Dec. 1804
and died 24 Nov. 1858. He was son of Aaron and
Elizabeth ( ) Loomis.
Authorities : Ancient Windsor II, 446; Loomis Genealogy 75.
601. Josiah Ames8 Capen (Josiah,7 Josiah,6 Josiah,0
Samuel,4 Samuel/ John/ Bernard1) born in Bos¬
ton 16 March 1820 and died there 28 Nov. 1901.
He married in Boston 26 Oct. 1845 Mary Jane
Scott, who was born in Boston 4 Oct. 1827 and
died there 28 Dec. 1895. She was daughter of
Thomas and Sarah (Rhinehardt) Scott.
Children born in West Roxbury:
919. i. Mary Jane9 Capen, b. 4 Oct. 1846. A teacher in Boston
Public Schools.
920. ii. Josiah Albert9 Capen, b. 7 Jan. 1848; d. N. Y., 1895.
921. iii. Alice Rhinehardt9 Capen, b. 30 Aug. 1862. An artist
in Boston.
Authorities : Boston Directories; Records from 921.
603. William Willard8 Capen (Josiah,7 Josiah,6 Josiah/
Samuel,4 Samuel/ John,2 Bernard1) born in Bos¬
ton 26 Sept. 1822 and died there 1860. He married
in Boston 2 May 1848 Frances Ellen Fishley, who
was born in Portsmouth, N. H., Feb. 1829 and
The Capen Family
173
died in Malden 18 Jan. 1900. She was daughter of
Benjamin and Mary (Abbott) Fishley.
Authorities : Boston Directories 1849-50; Records from 921.
604. Charles Henry8 Capen (Josiah,7 Josiah,6 Josiah,5
Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Boston
10 Sept. 1825. He married, first, in West Roxbury
25 Dec. 1856 Eliza Dodge Stickney, who was born
in Berlin, Vt., 13 June 1834 and died in West Rox¬
bury 22 March 1867. She was daughter of Lemuel
and Mary (Dodge) Stickney.
Children :
+922. i. Gertrude9 Capen, b. 5 Jan. 1859; m. George A. Mead.
+923. ii. Nellie Stickney9 Capen, b. 4 July 1860; m. William
H. Taylor.
Charles Henry8 Capen married secondly, in Port¬
land, Me., 22 May 1874 Clara Eva Valis.
Authorities : Dodge Family 282; Records from 921.
605. Ann Rebecca8 Capen (Josiah,7 Josiah,6 Josiah,5
Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Boston
24 Aug. 1828. She married in Boston 30 April
1846 Leonard Preston Holden, who was born in
Barre, Vt., 4 May 1819 and died 20 Apr. 1902.
Child:
i. Henry Cook Holden, b. 30 Apr. 1851; d. West Rox¬
bury 16 May 1860.
Authority : Records from 921.
608. Mary Elizabeth8 Capen (Josiah,7 Josiah,6 Josiah,6
Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Boston
28 Dec. 1833. She married in Boston 27 April
1852 Benjamin French Cutler, who was born in
Jaffrey, N. H., 17 March 1827 and died 19 April
1900. He was son of Benjamin and Grata (Hunt)
Cutler. He was a member of the Mass. House in
1863 and of the Mass. Senate in 1883.
174
The Capen Family
Children :
i. Annie Otis Cutler, b. 23 Jan. 1855; m. in Boston 13
Oct. 1874 Edward Langdon Hearsey, who was bom in
Charlestown 19 March 1853. He was son of Edward
and Mary (Spear) Hearsey. Ch.: 1. Mary Hearsey,
b. Hartford, Conn., 6 June 1876; d. E. Orange, N. J.,
27 Mar. 1882, 2. Edith Cutler Hearsey, b. 26 Dec.
1879; d. E. Orange, N. J., 8 Feb. 1893, 3. Edward
Langdon Hearsey, b. in E. Orange, N. J., 24 June
1883, 4. Winthrop Otis Hearsey, b. 4 May 1886,
5. Marguerite Hearsey, b. 8 Aug. 1892, 6. Mildred
Hearsey, b. 10 July 1896.
ii. Marion Capen Cutler, b. 20 Feb. 1857; m. Los An¬
geles, Calif., 20 July 1886 Walter Leslie Witherbee,
b. West Roxbury, 7 Apr. 1853. He was son of John
Brooks and Sarah (Goddard) Witherbee. She d. Bos¬
ton 22 Mar. 1888. No. ch.
iii. Harry Holden Cutler, b. 21 Aug. 1860; m. 1893; d.
1906-7.
iv. Mabel Elizabeth Cutler, b. West Roxbury 26 Dec.
1871.
Authority : Records from 921.
609. Alexander8 Capen (Alexander,7 Benjamin,6 Jos-
iah,6 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Portland, Me., 12 August 1800 and died in East-
port, Me., 4 Feb. 1872. He married Elizabeth
Cummings, who was born 11 April 1809.
Children born in Eastport, Me.:
924. i. Martha E.9 Capen, b. 1 1 Feb. 1828.
+925. ii. Henry G.9 Capen, b. 29 Oct. 1829; m. Jane Mabee.
926. iii. William E.9 Capen, b. 14 Oct. 1831; m. Hannah .
Ch.: 1. Annie10 Capen, 2. William10 Capen.
927. iv. George W.9 Capen, b. 30 Sept. 1833; d. 4 May 1906;
m. 11 Dec. 1866 in Eastport, Me., Fannie Fennick,
who d. 12 May 1906. Ch.: 1. Lizzie10 Capen, b. East-
port, Me., 16 June 1868.
928. v. John A.9 Capen, b. 10 Nov. 1840; m. Reliance Leland.
Ch.: 1. George10 Capen; 2. William10 Capen; m .
ch. : (a) Roland11 Capen, (b) Hazen11 Capen, 3. Ethel10
Capen, m. John E. Murphy.
The Capen Family
175
929. vi. Annie A.9 Capen, b. 3 Oct. 1843; in. John Harrington.
Ch. : 1. Lillian M. Harrington; m. Charles Elmer Capen
(960), 2. Frank G. Harrington, 3. Fred R. Harring¬
ton, 4. Mabelle L. Harrington.
Authority : Alexander Capen’s Family by Andrew T. Capen
(958) Mattoon, Ill.
610. John8 Capen (Alexander,7 Benjamin,6 Josiah, 5 Sam¬
uel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Portland,
Me., 20 July 1801 and died in Pembroke, Me., 6
August 1876. He married in Eastport, Me., 1838
Sarah A. Leighton, who was born in Eastport,
Me., 17 Dec. 1808 and died there 30 July 1855.
Children born in Eastport, Me. :
930. i. Jane M.9 Capen, b. 12 Aug. 1840; d. 26 Aug. 1869; m.
Gilbert Green of Latete, N. B. Ch. : 1. Agnes A.
Green, 2. Charles Green, 3. Addie M. Green.
931. ii. Mary Eliza9 Capen, b. 3 Aug. 1844; m. Eastport, Me.,
13 Feb. 1866 William Dean. Ch. : 1. Annie M. Dean.
932. iii. Cyrus9 Capen, b. 28 Dec. 1845; d. 15 May 1871; m.
28 July 1869 Abbie Ann Philbrook of Biddeford, Me.,
b. 3 Apr. 1849, dau. of John Marsten and Ann Maria
(Hazelet) Philbrook. Ch. : 1. Clarence Lester10 Capen,
b. 20 Aug. 1870. His father died before he was a
year old. His mother m. 8 Jan. 1874 Dr. Geo. L.
Peaslee of Milton, N. H., by whom he was adopted and
the name of Peaslee added.
933. iv. Frank9 Capen, b. 9 Mar. 1848; d. 11 June 1848.
934. y. Sarah Adelia9 Capen, b. 17 Feb. 1849; m. William
Austin. Ch. : 1. Lester Austin.
935. vi. David Ross9 Capen, b. 28 Mar. 1852; m. Lubec, Me., 6
July 1875 Sarah A. Dean of Pembroke, Me. Ch. :
1. Grace Dean10 Capen, b. 8 May 1876; m. 17 June
1903 Rev. John M. Bieler, ch. : (a) Ruth Capen Bieler.
2. Clara Field10 Capen, b. 5 May 1881 ; m. 8 June 1904
William H. Raye; ch.: (a) Philip Capen Raye, b. 4
May 1905, (b) Margaret Capen Raye, b. 23 Sept.
1906, 3. Helen Philips10 Capen, b. 8 Dec. 1883.
Authorities : Philbrick & Philbrook Fam., 146; Alexander
Capen’s Family by 958.
176
The Capen Family
611. David8 Capen (Alexander,7 Benjamin,6 Josiah,0
Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Port¬
land, Me., 3 April 1803 and died 17 Oct. 1857. He
married in Lynn, 6 May 1827 Elizabeth Ann
Hitchings, who died 1890.
Children :
936.
937.
938.
939.
940.
941.
942.
943.
944.
i. Caroline A.9 Capen, b.
ii. Elizabeth A.9 Capen, m. Capt. Harry Hatch, res. Sand¬
wich.
iii. Mary J.9 Capen, m. Dan. H. Rubert, Oakland, Calif.
iv. Charles C.9 Capen, m. Rosamond R. Rice. Ch.: 1.
Rosamond10 Capen; m. Frank Bush, ch.: (a) Frederick
Bush, Kalamazoo, Mich.
v. Nancy P.9 Capen, m. John P. Cates. Ch.: 1. Fred Cates,
2. Clarence Cates, 3. George Cates.
vi. Maria F.9 Capen, m. Thomas E. Trecarton, New Haven,
Conn.
vii. Sophia L.9 Capen, m. Nahum D. Trecarton, New Haven,
Conn.
viii. Frances Ellen9 Capen, b. Lynn 24 Apr. 1844; d. there
23 June 1845.
ix. Helen G.9 Capen, m. Alexander Ayre, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Authority : Alexander Capen’s Family by Andrew T. Capen
(958); Lynn Records.
612. Edward8 Capen (Alexander,7 Benjamin,6 Josiah,6
Samuel,4 Samuel, John,2 Bernard1) born in Port¬
land, Me., 5 July 1805 and died in St. Louis, Mo.,
2 Dec. 1896. He married in Northport, Me., 31
Jan. 1831 Elsie Shaw Woodbury who died in Mat-
toon, Ill., 1 Nov. 1876.
Children born, first two in Eastport, others in
Granville, Ohio.:
946. i. Lucy Ann9 Capen, b. 22 Nov. 1831; m. 16 July 1853
Ziba Jones. Ch.: 1. Elsie Jones, b. 26 Oct. 1855; m.
C. W. Angell.
+947. ii. Benjamin Lincoln9 Capen, b. 12 Aug. 1833; m. Mary
O. Nicholl.
The Capen Family
177
948. iii. Edward Ancil9 Capen, b. 8 Oct. 1835, enlisted in Civil
War, taken prisoner at Wilson’s Creek, Mo., escaped
after 11 months. Left home again and has not been
heard from.
949. iv. Mary Ellen9 Capen, b. 6 Feb. 1838; m. John W. Champ
at Mattoon, Ill.; d. Solomonville, Ariz., 3 Feb. 1899.
Ch. : 1. Edward Champ, 2. Frank Champ, 3. Lina
Champ.
950. v. Louisa Frances9 Capen, b. 7 Apr. 1840; d. 23 Oct. 1841
Granville, Ohio.
951. vi. Susan Jane9 Capen, b. 7 June 1842; d. 28 Sept. 1842
Granville, Ohio.
952. vii. Pauline9 Capen, b. 28 Feb. 1850; m. Daniel Cade. Ch. :
1. Clara Cade, 2. Grace Cade, 3. Blanche Cade, 4.
Maude Cade.
Authority: Alexander Capen’s Family by 958.
613. Charles8 Capen (Alexander,7 Benjamin,6 Josiah,5
Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Port¬
land, Me., 22 March 1807 and died in Washington,
Iowa, 3 May 1833. He married Susan Clark.
Children :
953. i. Alexander9 Capen died in Battle of Shiloh.
954. ii. Martha9 Capen; m. Ellery Foster. Res. Cleveland,
Ohio. Ch. : 1. Edith Foster, m. Claude Williams, res.
Oklahoma City, Okla, 2. Charles Foster; m. Rose
Cerny, ch.: (a) Charles Foster, (b) Leola Foster, res.
St. Louis, Mo.
Authority : Alexander Capen’s Family by 958.
614. Elizabeth8 Capen (Alexander,7 Benjamin,6 Josiah,6
Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in East-
port, Me., 7 July 1808 and died in Robbinston,
Me., 17 Jan. 1875. She married 3 June 1841 Sid¬
ney Gates of Robbinston, Me., who died 22 April
1882.
Children :
i. Martha J. Gates, b. 24 Oct. 1842; m. 24 April 1872
Le Baron B. Stockford, lived in Boston. Ch. : 1. Fred
L. Stockford, 2. Le Baron S. Stockford, 3. Clarence
Kidd Stockford.
178
The Capen Family
ii. Humphrey P. Gates, b. 24 Jan. 1844; m. 24 Feb. 1874
Anne Goulding, lived in Robbinston, Me. Cb. : 1.
Maurice A. Gates, 2. Ralph E. Gates, 3. Winslow W.
Gates, 4. Everett H. Gates.
iii. Ann E. Gates, b. 29 Sept. 1847; m. 28 Nov. 1871 New¬
ton Fogg, lived in Litchfield, Me. Ch. : 1. Charles N.
Fogg, 2. Elizabeth E. Fogg, 3. Eva M. Fogg, 4.
Frank Fogg.
Authority : Alexander Capen’s Family by 958.
615. Jane9 Capen (Alexander,7 Benjamin,6 Josiah,5 Sam¬
uel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Eastport,
Me., 29 Dec. 1810. She married 13 Nov. 1836 Is¬
rael P. Nelson of Eastport, Me. He died in Chi¬
cago, Ill., March 1893.
Children:
i. John Capen Nelson, d. y.
ii. Charles Alexander Nelson, b. Calais, Me., 14 Apr.
1839; m. at Newberne, N. C., 25 July 1872 Emma
C. Norris.
iii. William Henry Nelson, b. 13 May 1840; d. 24 Dec.
1843.
iv. John Nelson, b. June 1844; d. July 1844.
v. Frederick William Nelson, b. 30 May 1846; d. 26
Jan. 1848.
vi. Harriet Coy Nelson, b. June 1851; d. July 1851.
vii. Martha Furber Nelson, b. 3 Mar. 1853, res. Trenton,
N. J.
Authority : Alexander Capen’s Family by 958.
616. Benjamin8 Capen (Alexander,' Benjamin,6 Josiah,6
Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in East-
port, Me., 8 Dec. 1813 and died there 30 Oct. 1894.
He married first, Martha Tucker who was born
8 March 1820 and died 7 Aug. 1858.
Children born in Eastport, Me.:
Edward9 Capen, b. 27 July 1841; d. Riverside, Calif.,
25 Jan. 1904, served in the navy in the Civil War, um.
955. i.
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179
956. ii. Elthia9 Capen, b. 3 June 1843; d. Eastport, Me., Feb.
1844.
957. iii. Martha Ellen9 Capen, b. 5 Feb. 1848; m. Brooklyn,
N. Y., E. T. Gonsalez. She d. 24 Jan. 1884. No ch.
+958. iv. Andrew Tucker9 Capen, b. 28 Feb. 1854; m. Luella
A. Moses.
+959. y. Benjamin Franklin9 Capen, b. 24 Dec. 1856; m.
Amanda Garnett.
Benjamin8 Capen married secondly, Rebecca Leach,
who was born 1827 and died 1905.
Children born Eastport, Me. :
+960. vi. Charles Elmer9 Capen, b. 5 Sept. 1861; m. Lillian M.
Harrington.
+961. vii. Everett Lincoln9 Capen, b. 19 Dec. 1864; m. Laura
Jollotta.
Authorities : Maine Genealogies II, 891; Alexander Capen’s
Family by Andrew T. Capen (958) of Mattoon, Ill.
617. Mary Ann8 Capen (Alexander,7 Benjamin,6 Josiah,6
Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in East-
port, Me., 14 Oct. 1815 and died there 2 March
1852. She married Humphrey Pike of Eastport,
Me.
Children:
i. Humphrey Pike, Jr.
Authority : Alexander Capen’s Family by 958.
618. Thomas G.8 Capex (David,7 Benjamin,6 Josiah,6
Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Lynn
14 Jan. 1809 and died in Saugus 3 July 1836. He
married (int. Saugus 14 Feb. 1830) Elizabeth
Hodgkins of Salem:
Child:
962. i. Thomas G.9 Capen, b. abt. June 1836; d. Saugus 18 Sept.
1837 “aged 15 mos” (gr. st.).
Authorities : Lynn Vital Records; Salem Vital Records; Sau¬
gus Vital Records.
180
The Capen Family
619. Lydia6 Capex (David,' Benjamin,6 Josiah,6 Samuel,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Lynn 21 April
1811. She married (int. Saugus 12 Sept. 1830)
Porter Downing, who was born in Lynn 21 Aug.
1806. He was son of Caleb and Polly (Porter)
Downing.
Authorities: Lynn Vital Records; Saugus Vital Records.
620. Harriet8 Capex (David,7 Benjamin,6 Josiah,6 Sam¬
uel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard ) born in Saugus 27
July 1815 and died there 24 Aug. 1839. She mar¬
ried in Saugus 3 July 1834 Henry Sprague.
Child:
i. Charles Henry Sprague, b. 9 July 1839.
Authority : Saugus Vital Records.
621. Bexjamix8 Capex (Benjamin,7 (? Benjamin,6 Jos¬
iah,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
1822 (?). He married in Marlborough 7 Dec.
1846 Euphemia C. Willis, who was 18 at marriage
and he was 24.
Child born in Marlborough:
963. i. Mary Rebecca9 Capen, b. 19 Dec. 1848.
Authority: Marlborough Vital Records.
622. Ellex (Helex)8 Capex (Benjamin,7 (? Benjamin,9
Josiah,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) mar¬
ried in Holliston (int. Sherborn 15 April 1843) 19
April 1843 Jonathan T. Morse.
Authorities: Holliston Vital Records, 184; Sherborn Vital
Records 113.
623. Elizabeth8 Capex (? Benjamin,7 Benjamin,6 Jos¬
iah,6 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) “born in
Sherborn.’’ She married 3 June 1850 Benjamin
Ware, who was born in Sherborn 24 Jan. 1824 and
died at Holliston 7 Feb. 1878. He was son of
Eleazer and Lucy (Breck) Ware.
The Capen Family
181
Children:
i. Caroline Ware, b. 25 Feb. 1850; m. Holliston 12 Sept.
1871 Linley M. Stuart.
ii. Anna Rebecca Ware, b. 1 July 1858; m. 13 Aug. 1878
George L. Wilkinson.
iii. Rodney Bradford Ware, b. 25 Oct. 1869, lived in
Fitchburg.
Authority : Ware Genealogy 232/
624. Eliza8 Capen (John,7 Samuel,6 Robert,5 Samuel,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) married in Stoughton
(int. Canton 12 Sept. 1828) Capt. Elisha Crane,
who was born in Stoughton 29 July 1798 and died
8 May 1839. He was son of Friend and Rebekah
(Upham) Crane. She died about 1834-5.
Children born in Stoughton:
i. Maria Crane, b. 18 Oct. 1829.
ii. John Capen Crane, b. 28 Mar. 1832; d. 25 Aug. 1835.
iii. Ann Eliza Crane, b. 15 Nov. 1833.
Capt. Elisha Crane married secondly, in Stoughton
21 May 1836 Lucy Ann Upham. He was then
called “of Buffalo, N. Y.”
Child:
iv. Susan Crane, b. 19 Mar. 1837.
Authorities'. Stoughton (Canton) Records; Upham Gen¬
ealogy, 147.
625a. George8 Capen (Samuel,7 Samuel,6 Robert,5 Sam¬
uel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton
(Canton) 3 Sept. 1817 and died there 17 Feb. 1863.
He married in Stoughton 31 March 1843 Clarissa
Bussey Boyden, who was born in Dorchester 27
Jan. 1818. She was daughter of Daniel and Susan
(Cleveland) Boyden.
Children born in Stoughton (Canton) :
963a. i. George Henry9 Capen, d. at 17 years.
182
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963b. ii.
963c. iii.
963d. iv.
963e. v.
vi.
Samuel Howard9 Capen, b. 12 Mar. 1848; m. 24 Oct.
1871 Adelaide A. Tucker of Canton. Ch. : b. Canton,
1. Samuel Howard10 Capen Jr. b. 7 Jan. 1876 had
Samuel Howard11 Capen III. 2. Harold Tucker10
Capen, b. 17 Apr. 1885. Commissioned officer in
World War air service.
Samuel Howard9 Capen is now (1928) serving his 30th
year as Sheriff of Norfolk County and had previously
served 20 years as Deputy Sheriff.
Oscar Daniel9 Capen, b. 13 Feb. 1854; d. 17 Nov.
1924; m. 1st, Abbie Lewis. Ch. : 1. Howard Boyden10
Capen, b. 15 Oct. 1895. Veteran World War; m.
2ndly, Jennie Boomer, ch. : 2. Henry Arnold10 Capen,
b. 29 Dec. 1896, 3. Oscar10 Capen, b. 8 May 1899.
Veteran World War.
Elwyn Andrew9 Capen, b. 26 Feb. 1857; d. 1904; m.
Mary Morrison. Ch. : 1. Bernard10 Capen, b. 1894, 2.
Elwyn Andrew10 Capen, b. 1894, 3. Mary L.w Capen,
b. 1896, d. 1922.
Eliza Maria9 Capen, b. 21 July 1859; d. Evanston,
Wyo., 1897; m. George F. Chapman. Ch.: 1. Clara Ruth
Chapman, b. 5 Oct. 1884; m. Harold P. Fabian, ch.:
(a) Ruth M. Fabian, (b) Ferdinand Fabian. 2. George
Hobart Chapman, b. 23 June 1886, ch.: (a) George
Hobart Chapman, Jr. 3. Elizabeth Chapman, b. 23
Nov. 1888; m. Thomas Allen, ch. : (a) Barbara Allen,
(b) Elizabeth Allen, (c) Thomas Allen, Jr. 4. Elwin
Frederick Chapman, b. 29 July 1890. Killed in/
World War.
Georoe Hosea9 Capen, b. 30 Jan. 1862; m. Bertha
Priest. Ch. : 1. George Phillip10 Capen, Veteran World
War, 2. Rachel10 Capen, b. 10 May 1896.
Authority : Records from Samuel H. Capen (963b).
630. John8 Capen (John,7 John,6 Jonathan,6 Jonathan,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 31
July 1820 and died in 1868. He married first, 16
Apr. 1842 Betsey Brett, who was born in Harwick
6 Mar. 1818 and died 21 Oct. 1861. She was daugh¬
ter of Rev. Pliny and Fanny (Bishop) Brett.
Children:
The Capen Family
183
964. i.
966. ii.
+966. iii.
+967. iv.
+968. y.
969. vi.
+970. vii.
Mary Gay9 Capen, b. 18 May 1846; d. in Stoughton 27
May 1920.
Ellen E.9 Capen, b. 5 Jan. 1847, d. Aug. 1926 Port¬
land, Ore.
John Edwin10 Capen, b. 20 Nov. 1848; m. Carrie
Haxton.
Pliny Brett9 Capen, b. 17 Mar. 1851; m. Julia F.
Bacon
Fannie Bishop9 Capen, b. 23 Mar. 1853; m. Rev. Justus
H. Nelson.
Leander Wilson9 Capen, b. 15 July 1855; d. 22 Nov.
1855.
Wilbur Lee9 Capen, b. 20 Feb. 1857; m. Etta Gold-
thwaite.
John8 Capen married secondly, Adeline (Talbot)
Pierce, widow of . Pierce and daughter of
Daniel and Lydia (Tolman) Talbot.
Authorities: Brett Genealogy 264+; Records from Mattie B.
Capen (995) of Stoughton.
631. Mary Asenath8 Capen (Nathan,7 John,6 Jonathan,6
Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Goshen, Vt., 16 March 1815 and died in Wis., 9
Jan. 1908. She married in Goshen, Vt., 17 Jan.
1833 Justus N. Darte.
Children born in Goshen:
i. Erastus Darte, b. before 1848; m. and settled in Wis.
ii. Royal Darte, b. before 1848; m. (a cousin) .
Darte in Wis.
iii. Son, b. & d. before 1848.
In 1846 they were living in Goshen, Vt. Soon after
that he went west and 17 July 1848 she and the
two children left Goshen to meet him. They set¬
tled, it is thought, in Montello, Marquette Co.,
Wis. After his death she lived with her son Royal
till her death.
Authorities: Records from Mrs. Ida (Capen) King (972);
Records from Mattie B. Capen of Stoughton (995); Records
from Ford Capen of Goshen, Vt. (973).
184
The Capen Family
632. Nathan Capen (Nathan,7 John,6 Jonathan,6 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Goshen,
Vt., 28 April 1816 and died there 11 May 1900.
He married 14 March 1839 Rebecca Hooker, who
was born in Goshen, Vt., 27 Sept. 1818 and died
there 24 Nov. 1893 (?).
Children born in Goshen, Vt.:
+971. i. Nathan Sidney9 Capen, b. 27 May 1840; m. Maria A.
Severy.
+972. ii. Ida9 Capen, b. 17 June 1848; m. Elmer M. King.
+973. iii. Cornelius Ransom Ford9 Capen, b. 2 Oct. 1856; m.
Anna M. Severy.
Authorities: Records from 972, 973, and others.
633. John8 Capen (Nathan,7 John,6 Jonathan,6 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Goshen,
Vt., 23 March 1818 and died in Brandon, Vt., or
Goshen, Vt., 5 Jan. 1878. He married 25 Feb.
1847 Adeliza Charlotte Child, who was born in
Brandon, Vt., 1 July 1828. She was daughter of
Frederick Augustus and Charlotte (Sessions)
Child. He was at times a member of the Vermont
Legislature, Capt. and Col. of Vt. Militia, sixteen
years town clerk. He was also a Civil Engineer
and his surveys were known for their accuracy.
Children born first one in Goshen, Vt., other
two in Brandon, Vt.:
974. i. Mary Charlotte9 Capen, b. 9 Aug. 1859; d. 11 Aug.
1859 Goshen.
975. ii. John Bernard9 Capen, b. 21 May 1866; d. 23 Sept.
1866 Brandon.
976. iii. Flavia Antoinette9 Capen, b. 11 Aug. 1867; m. 17
July 1906, in Forestdale, Vt., Elmer Ellsworth Part-
low, b. Goshen, Vt., 26 Oct. 1871, son of Orman and
Clara J. (Brown) Partlow.
Authorities: Records from 976; Child Genealogy (Benj. of
Roxbury) 303.
The Capen Family
185
634. Charles Ransom8 Capen (Nathan,7 John,6 Jona¬
than,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
in Goshen, Vt., 21 July 1823 and died in Dowagiac,
Mich., 20 Jan. 1888. He moved early to Michigan,
married and had children.
Children :
977. i. Minerva9 Capen, b. 20 July 1848 in Vt. ; d. 8 Jan. 1882
in Breedsville, Mich.; m. Louis D. Niles. 3 ch. : (a)
Edla M. Niles, (b) Eva Niles, (c) Effie May Niles.
978. ii. Albert J.9 Capen, b . ; d. 23 Feb. 1916 Vassa,
Mich.; m. Minerva J. McAlpine, b. 1 Mar. 1851 in
New York; d. 21 Feb. 1909. Ch. : (a) Leona Grace10
Capen, b. 4 Jan. 1878; m. Mr. Speaker 12 Mar. 1903,
(b) Irma Lulu10 Capen, b. 6 Sept. 1880, m. Mr. Spore
1911, (c) Dale10 Capen, b. 7 May 1890.
Authority : 995.
638. Jonathan8 Capen (Adam,7 John,6 Jonathan,5 Jo¬
nathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stough¬
ton 26 Nov. 1818 and died there 6 Nov. 1907. He
married in Stoughton 24 May 1846 Abigail Bel¬
cher, who was born in Dorchester 24 June 1827 and
died in Stoughton 31 May 1893. She was daugh¬
ter of Elijah and Betsey (Tilson) Belcher.
Children:
979. i. Martha Louise9 Capen, b. 14 Dec. 1849; d. 15 Nov.
1916.
980. ii. Mary Latham Bates9 Capen, b. 13 July 1853; m. Frank¬
lin S. Reynolds, b. 6 Jan. 1853; d. 1887, son of Philip
and Lucy (Drake) Reynolds. Ch.: 1. Marion Rey¬
nolds, d. y., 2. Ruth Capen Reynolds, b. 11 Dec. 1885,
3. Frank Wesley Reynolds, b. 26 May 1887.
981. iii. Florence Josephine9 Capen, b. 22 Aug. 1866; d. 30
Apr. 1903 Westfield.
982. iv. Elwyn Winslow9 Capen, b. 23 Dec. 1875; m. Fannie
Louise Barnes. Ch. : Erdix Winslow10 Capen, b. 15
Sept. 1909. She d. 30 July 1924. He m. 2ndly, 27
Aug. 1925 Amy Capen, dau. of 973.
Authorities: Records from Miss Bessie T. Capen (643) and
from 995.
186
The Capen Family
640. Robert Packard8 Capen (Adam,7 John,6 Jonathan,6
Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Stoughton 6 May 1824 and died there 22 March
1901. He married 6 May 1854 Cynthia Brett, who
was born 10 Sept. 1827 and died 2 Nov. 1908 in
North Brookfield.
Children :
983. i. Elizabeth Roberta9 Capen, b. 23 Apr. 1858; d. Shen¬
andoah, Penna., 8 Dec. 1914; m. 18 Sept. 1889, as
second wife, Rev. Samuel B. Cooper, b. Guiseley,
Eng., 1857, son of John and Jane (Bolton) Cooper.
Ch.: 1. Paul Cooper, b. 1900.
984. ii. Frank Irving9 Capen, b. 10 Dec. 1865; m. 10 Nov.
1891 Annie Goldthwaite, b. 5 Oct. 1866, dau of Charles
and Carrie (Billings) Goldthwaite. Ch. : 1. Ruth
Goldthwaite10 Capen, b. 7 May 1893, 2. Frank Hubert10
Capen, b. 27 Sep. 1896.
Authorities : Records from Miss Bessie T. Capen (643) and
995.
641. Huldah8 Capen (Adam,7 John,6 Jonathan,6 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton
18 Feb. 1833 and died 18 June 1900. She married
in Stoughton 13 Dec. 1852 Elisha Gill who was
born 6 Jan. 1830 and died 1 May 1873.
Children:
i. Emery Gill, b. 23 Nov. 1853; m. Worcester, Mary Whit¬
ney Martin. Ch. : 1. Elisha Stuart Gill, b. 10 Oct.
1885, 2. Edith Upham Gill, b. 18 Sept. 1886, 3. Lloyd
Wilder Gill, b. 15 Mar. 1888, 4. Margaret Raymond
Gill, b. 13 Nov. 1889, 5. Huldah Faunce Gill, b. 23
May 1892, 6. Bessie Capen Gill, b. 24 July 1896.
ii. Clarence Gill, b. 23 Oct. 1856; m. Brockton, Emma
Caroline Mace. Ch.: 1. Sheldon Gill, b. Mar. 1881,
2. Marion Capen Gill, b. 11 Nov. 1882; m. Brockton
1913 John S. McClintock.
iii. Clara Ellen Gill, b. 4 Nov. 1858; m. Brockton Rich¬
ard H. Kennedy. Ch. : 1. Olive Faunce Kennedy, b.
14 May 1893; m. Ralph Brown, ch. : (a) Ralph Brown,
The Capen Family
187
b. Dec. 1913, 2. Louise Venable Kennedy, b. 25 July
1895, 3. Richard Morrell Kennedy, b. 15 Nov. 1896,
4. Theodore Kennedy, 5. Alfred Kennedy, 6. Laura
Kennedy.
iv. Laura Drake Gill, b. 24 Aug. 1860.
v. Adam Capen Gill, b. 22 Aug. 1863; m. Ware, Ella E.
Eaton, no. ch.
vi. Bessie Faunce Gill, b. 28 Mar. 1865.
vii. Irene Estelle Gill, b. 10 Feb. 1872; m. Northampton
Aug. 1893 George W. Keyser. Ch. : 1. Mary Claypole
Keyser.
viii. Abner Winthrop Gill, b. 10 Feb. 1872; m. Nashville,
Tenn., Marion Froman. Ch. : Alice Winthrop Gill,
b. 16 Jan. 1912, 2. Maydabelle Gill, b. 30 May 1913.
Authority: Records from Miss Bessie T. Capen (643).
642. Elijah Belcher8 Capen (Adam,7 John,6 Jonathan,6
Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Stoughton 18 August 1835 and died Sept. 1917.
He married in Stoughton 15 March 1856 Harriet
Louise Gill, daughter of Jason and Mary Ann
(Talbot) Gill. She was born 20 Oct. 1838 and
died 6 July 1917.
Children;
985. i. Clinton Manley9 Capen, b. 9 June 1857; d. Monson
17 Sept. 1921.
986. ii. Etta Louise9 Capen, b. Illinois 19 Jan. 1864; d. Mon¬
son 13 Jan. 1927. She lived many years in North¬
ampton.
Authorities : Miss Bessie T. Capen (643) and 995.
650. George8 Capen (George,7 John,6 Jonathan,5 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton
3 May 1820 and died 20 June 1901. He married
Lucy Anna Talbot who was born 21 June 1821
and died 9 March 1892. She was daughter of
Richard and Jeminia (Gay) Talbot.
Children :
+987. i. Ellery9 Capen, b. 23 Sept. 1842; m. Henrietta Leighton.
188
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+988.
989.
990.
991.
+992.
993.
994.
995.
ii. Eliza9 Capen, b. 27 Mar. 1844; m. Dexter Marion Lowe.
iii. Amelia9 Capen, b. 16 July 1846, um.
iv. George Bradford9 Capen, b. 21 June 1848; d. 17 Apr.
1891; m. 6 Jan. 1889 Eva Waddell, b. 14 Apr. 1856;
d. 23 May 1892. No ch.
v. Walter9 Capen, b. 30 Apr. 1850; d. Stoughton 22 Nov.
1888, um.
vi. Lauretta Maria9 Capen, b. 10 Oct. 1854; m. Frank E.
Davenport.
vii. Leander9 Capen, b. 14 Oct. 1858; m. 21 Apr. 1897
Cora Lawson, b. 8 Jan. 1872. No ch.
viii. Nellie Maude9 Capen, b. 21 July 1861, um.
ix. Mattie Belle9 Capen, b. 17 July 1864, living 1928 in
Stoughton.
Authority : Records from Mattie B.9 Capen (995) of Stoughton.
651. Alden8 Capen (George,7 John,6 Jonathan,6 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton
4 Jan. 1822 and died there 21 April 1891. He mar¬
ried 18 Sept. 1850 Betsey B. Packard of Bridge-
water, who was born there 7 Nov. 1827 and died
in Stoughton 28 May 1905. She was daughter of
Orin and Cynthia (Holbrook) Packard.
Children born in Stoughton:
996. i.
+997. ii.
998. iii.
+999. iv.
+1000. v.
Myron9 Capen, b. 1851; d. 1863.
Ella Eudora9 Capen, b. 15 Dec. 1852; m. Frederick
Russell.
Violetta9 Capen, b. 1854; d. 1863.
Annie Florence9 Capen, b. 14 Apr. 1861; m. Frederick
W. Stevens.
Heber L.9 Capen, b. 21 May 1864; m. Emma A. Dimock.
Authority : 995.
652. Amity8 Capen (George,7 John,6 Jonathan,6 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stough¬
ton 6 April 1824 and died 15 Sept. 1890. She mar¬
ried Theophilus R. Brown of Stansted, Canada.
He died 30 March 1890 aged 74 yrs., 1 mo., 15
dys.
The Capen Family
189
Children:
i. Eldora Brown, b. 23 Oct. 1845, um.
ii. Capen Brown, b. 18 Apr. 1847; m. 27 Oct. 1880 Marian
Endicott of Canton.
Authority. 995.
658. Hiram8 Capen (George,7 John,6 Jonathan,5 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stough¬
ton 26 Jan. 1826 and died 6 May 1906. He married
Mary Z. Linfield, who was born 1881 and died
in Stoughton 15 March 1913. She was daughter of
Jefferson R. and Eliza (Sprague) Linfield.
Children :
1001. i. Hiram9 Capen, b . ; d. 7 Oct. 1848.
1002. ii. Windsor Draper9 Capen, b. Jan. 1850; d. 27 Feb. 1871.
1003. iii. Mary Justina9 Capen, b. 9 Jan. 1852; m. 14 Jan. 1873
George F. Ingham, son of James and Mary (Packard)
Ingham. She died Gilroy, Calif., 6 Jan. 1891.
1004. iv. Laura Lee9 Capen, b. 14 Mar. 1857; d. 16 Feb. 1916 in
Taunton.
+1005. v. Mabel Webster9 Capen, b. 4 Aug. 1859; m. Frank L.
Austin.
1006. vi. Lorenzo Linfield9 Capen, b. 2 Aug. 1864; m. 19 Nov.
1892 Myrtle Dimock, b. 9 Jan. 1869, d. 15 Dec. 1898,
dau. of Daniel (David) and Bessie ( ) Dimock.
Ch. : 1. Windsor Hamilton10 Capen, b. 30 June 1895;
m. Evelyn Shaw. Ch. : Myrtle Irene11 Capen, b. 9
Jan. 1928. Res. Taunton.
1007. vii. Lucia Jane9 Capen, b. 8 Nov. 1867; d. 15 Jan. 1900.
1008. viii. Daniel Webster9 Capen, b. 7 May 1873; m. 11 Dec.
1909 Lizzie Frances White, b. 26 July 1887, dau. of
Charles Frederick and Adeline (Phillips) White of
Brockton. Ch. : 1. Grace Adeline10 Capen, b. 30 June
1910, 2. Charles Hiram10 Capen, b. 19 Oct. 1919; d.
10 Sept. 1920.
1009. ix. Twin with x.
1010. x. Twin with ix.
Authority : Records from 995.
654. Susan8 Capen (George,7 John,6 Jonathan,6 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stough-
190
The Capen Family
ton 10 May 1829 and died there 6 Feb. 1911. She
married 29 April 1848 Charles Osborn Gould, who
was born in Leeds, Me., 6 May 1824 and died 3
Feb. 1911. He was son of John and his second
wife Ruth (Elden) Gould.
Children, except the first, born in Stoughton:
i. Alden Capen Gould, b. N. Turner Bridge, Me., in the
Toll House Oct. 1848; d. in Stoughton 6 Oct. 1881.
ii. Morilla Gould, b. 27 Jan. 1852; m. Albert L. Whiting,
b. 5 May 1857, son of Lemuel G. and Eliza (Hayden)
Whiting.
iii. Hattie Lamb Gould, b.
iv. Alvah Lamb Gould, b. 15 Dec. 1864; m. 23 Nov. 1887
Hattie Lucinda Butler, dau. of Thomas and Mary
Lucinda (Pierce) Butler. Ch.: 1. Clinton Alvah Gould.
v. Frank Alton Gould, b. 15 Dec. 1868; m. 21 Mar. 1903
in Canton Grace F. Boyd, dau. of William Francis and
Mahala Frances (Harris) Boyd. Ch. : 1. Hazel Frances
Gould, b. 26 May 1906, 2. Stella May Gould, b. 22
Dec. 1908.
Authority: Records from Mattie B. Capen (995) of Stoughton.
655. Isaac8 Capen (George,7 John,6 Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4
Samuel,’ John,2 Bernard ) born in Stoughton 12
Dec. 1834 and died there 28 Jan. 1902. He mar¬
ried in Canton 26 Nov. 1862 Harriet Amanda
Drake, who was born 15 April 1840. She was
daughter of Andrew and Lucy Taylor (Gray)
Drake.
Children born in Stoughton:
ion. i.
1012. ii.
+1013. iii.
+1014. iv.
+1015. v.
Emma Isabel9 Capen, b. 3 Nov. 1863; d. 15 May 1867.
Alice9 Capen, b. 14 Dec. 1868; d. 6 May 1885.
Fred Gray9 Capen, b. 14 Apr. 1872; m. Minnie F.
Hayden.
Frank Andrew9 Capen, b. 26 July 1875; m. 1st, Cora
B. Davenport; m. 2ndly, Florence M. Porter.
Morton Almon9 Capen, b. 7 Oct. 1879; m. Abbie R.
Clapp.
Authorities: Records from Mattie B. Capen (995) and Fred
G. Capen (1013).
The Capen Family
191
656. Ann8 Capen (George,7 John,6 Jonathan,6 Jonathan,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 5
Aug. 1836 and died in Milford, N. H., 10 July
1900. She married in Stoughton 3 May 1856 Per¬
sons Bartlett, who was born in Morgan, Vt., 13
Aug. 1832 and died in Bridgewater 6 June 1899.
He was son of Lemar and Betsey (Piper) Bartlett.
Children:
i. Jane Bartlett, b. 20 June 1857; m. Arthur Goodwin.
Ch. : 1. Persons Bartlett Goodwin, 2. Harold V. Good¬
win.
ii. Frederick Bertram Bartlett, b. 15 Nov. 1860; m.
Mabel Colby of Lakeport. Ch. : 1. Claude Bertram
Bartlett.
iii. Annie Persons Bartlett, b. 21 Nov. 1865; m. 11 Dec.
1890 Jarvis Stephens Stowell of Solaris, Me.
Authority: Records from Annie Bartlett Stowell, dau. of 656.
658. Emma8 Capen (George,7 John,6 Jonathan,5 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton
9 Oct. 1841 and died 27 June 1897. She married
Nov. 1862 Loring W. Tucker, who was born 22
Nov. 1832 and died 7 Aug. 1912. He was son of
Jedediah Tucker of Canton and his wife Adeline
P. Watson of Ware. No. ch.
Authority: Tucker Genealogy, p. 99.
659. Sarah Colton8 Capen ( Theophilus,7 Theophilus,6
Jonathan,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Salisbury, Vt., 8 June 1818. She attended
Oberlin College four years at the invitation of P.
P. Stewart, her uncle, who was one of the founders
of the college. She married in Enfield 18 April
1839 Isaac Marquand Dimond, who was born in
Fairfield, Conn., 24 Feb. 1804 and died in Brook¬
lyn, N. Y., Dec. 1862. He was son of Jesse and
Bertha (Marquand) Dimond of Augusta, Ga.
192
The Capen Family
Children :
i. Sarah Capen Dimond, b. N. Y. City 26 Feb. 1840; d.
there 18 Nov. 1840.
ii. Miranda Capen Dimond, b. Enfield 23 Aug. 1841; m.
8 July 1863 Nathan J. Morrison.
iii. Mary Bates Dimond, b. 18 Nov. 1846.
iv. James Crocker Dimond, b. Detroit, Mich., 7 Feb. 1850;
d. Dimondale, Mich., 8 Mar. 1851.
v. Henry Cipperly Dimond, b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 30 May
1856; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., 22 Nov. 1887 Harriet
Bushnell.
Sarah (Capen) Dimond married secondly, 24 Jan.
1867 Douglas Putnam.
Authorities : Colton Genealogy 91; Dimond Genealogy 58, 86.
660. Miranda Colton8 Capen (Theophilus,7 Theophilus,®
Jonathan,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,* Bernard1)
born Jan. 1820 and died 14 Sept. 1856. She mar¬
ried 15 May 1843 Judge Myron Harwood Crafts,
who was born in Whately 11 Aug. 1816 and died
13 Sept. 1886. He was son of Rufus and Lucy
(Kellogg) Crafts.
Children :
i. Georoe Herbert Crafts, b. N. Y. City 3 Apr. 1844.
ii. Ellen Woods Crafts, b. Jackson, Mich., 28 Mar. 1846.
iii. Amanda Woods Crafts, b. Jackson, Mich., 5 Jan. 1848;
d. same day.
iv. Harry Gray Crafts, b. Jackson, Mich., 10 Sept. 1853.
Judge Myron Harwood Crafts married secondly, 16
Oct. 1864 Eliza Persis Robbins.
Child:
v. Abraham Lincoln Crafts, b. 16 Nov. 1865; d. at 14.
Authority : Crafts Genealogy, with some corrections.
662. Rachel8 Capen (Theophilus,7 Theophilus,6 Jona¬
than,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
5 April 1824 and died 27 Aug. 1899. She married
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193
James Harrison Gray of Enfield, son of Harrison
and Clarissa (Eastham) Gray. He was a physician
in Enfield and Springfield and was killed in a R. R.
accident 6 May 1853 at Norwalk, Conn., while re¬
turning from a medical convention in N. Y. City.
Child born Enfield:
i. Ellen Woods Gray, b. 9 Sept. 1844; m. 10 Jan. 1866
William H. Dimond. She d. San Francisco, Calif.,
15 Jan. 1890.
Rachel8 (Capen) Gray married secondly, 8 May
1860, in Detroit, Mich., Charles Merriam of the
firm of G. and C. Merriam, publishers of Web¬
ster’s Dictionary.
Child:
ii. Ruth White Merriam, b. 25 May 1862; m. 24 Feb.
1885 William C. Lawton.
Authorities: Dimond Genealogy 91+ ; Merriam Genealogy 306.
666. Emoroy Beulah8 Capex (Jonathan,7 Theophilus,6
Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Fair Haven, Vt., or Poultney, Vt., 9 July
1845. She married in Troy, N. Y., about 1865
Solomon Parks Giddings, who was born 2 Nov.
1837 and died in Barlow, Ore., 19 July 1915. He
was son of Daniel and Beulah (Bronson) Gid¬
dings. Daniel Giddings was born in Poultney, Vt.
They removed to Sterling, Ill.
Children :
i. Beulah Emoroy Giddings, b. 26 Jan. 1871.
ii. Capen Noble Giddings, b. 17 Feb. 1876.
iii. Arthur S. Giddings, b. Sterling, Ill., 16 Sept. 1885-6.
Authorities: Giddings Genealogy, 124; Records from Lucy
(Capen) Clapp (667).
667. Lucy Maria8 Capen (Jonathan,7 Theophilus,6 Jo¬
nathan,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
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born in Fair Haven, Vt., or Poultney, Vt., 27 Mar.
1849. She married 13 Oct. 1874 Stephen Blake
Clapp, who was born in Dorchester 2 April 1841
and died in Boston 26 May 1901. He was son of
Theophilus Capen and Jane (Blake) Clapp. Jane
Blake was daughter of Stephen and Rachel
(Capen) (366) Blake. Theophilus Capen Clapp
was son of David and Azubah (Capen) (183)
Clapp.
Children born in Boston:
i. Flavia Clapp, b. 17 June 1877.
ii. Lelia Blake Clapp, b. 13 Feb. 1882.
iii. David Capen Clapp, b. 12 Dec. 1883.
iv. Marion Clapp, b. 2 Apr. 1888; m. 12 Oct. 1909 in
Winthrop, Harold William Low. Ch.: 1. Harold Wil¬
liam Low, Jr., b. Alston 29 Apr. 1911, 2. Richard M.
Low, b. Alston 17 Sept. 1912.
Authorities: Clapp Genealogy 249; Records from Lucy
(Capen) Clapp (667).
671. George D.8 Capen (William,7 William,6 Samuel,5
Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, prob¬
ably in Boston, 18 July 1838. He married 8 May
1862 Frances Isabella Pond. He was in St. Louis,
Mo., in 1914.
Children:
1015a. i. Samuel Davis9 Capen, m. Effie Houghton, b. 2 May 1866,
dau. of George Greenleaf and Adeline Matchan (Com¬
stock) Houghton.
1015b. ii. Frances Isabella9 Capen.
1015c. iii. George Henry9 Capen.
101 5d. iv. Wallace Comstock9 Capen.
101 5e. v. Mary Wentworth9 Capen.
1015f. vi. Charles Pond9 Capen.
1015g. vii. Jeanne Pomeroy9 Capen.
1015h. viii. Ethel9 Capen.
Authorities: Records from 671; Houghton Genealogy 221.
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195
674. Louisa Crane8 Capen (Elisha,7 Elisha,6 Samuel,5
Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Stoughton 2 Dec. 1824-5; died 16 May 1918. She
married 23 April 1854 Calvin Thayer of Braintree,
who was born there 8 March 1817. He was son of
Calvin and Lydia Sawyer (Wild) Thayer. They
settled in Braintree.
■t
Children :
i. Infant son.
ii. Calvin Thayer, b. 29 Jan. 1856; d. 28 Sept. 1861.
iii. Frances Adelaide Thayer, b. 20 Oct. 1860.
iv. Emma Louisa Thayer, b. 3 Mar. 1863.
Authorities: Thayer Genealogy 67; Thayer’s Memorial, part II,
84; Records from Joseph Swan Capen (1018); Mattie B.
Capen (995); Fred E. Harris, son of (709).
675. Sarah Matilda8 Capen (Elisha,7 Elisha,6 Samuel,5
Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Stoughton 16 Feb. 1827 and died 9 July 1887. She
married first, 29 Sept. 1848 Wendell Monk, who
was born 19 Sept. 1820 and died 6 Feb. 1852. He
was son of Elijah and Nabby ( ) Monk.
She married secondly, about 1865, as his second
wife, Henry Morton Capen (413) son of Ben¬
jamin and Azubah (Gay) Capen. See No. 413.
Authority: Unknown.
676. Elijah Gill8 Capen (Elisha,7 Elisha,6 Samuel,5
Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Stoughton 23 Aug. 1829 and died 18 Jan. 1901.
He married 1 Jan. 1859 Sarah Azubah Swan, who
was born in Stoughton 13 Oct. 1836 and died there
22 Jan. 1909. She was daughter of Joseph and
Azubah Gay (Capen) (412) Swan.
Children ;
1016. i. Annie Laura9 Capen, b. 6 Nov. 1860; d. 10 June 1890;
m. 1 Sept. 1887 Henry Swan Jones, son of Henry and
Mary M. (Swan) Jones. Ch.: Capen Swan Jones,
b. 10 June 1890; d. same day.
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1017. ii. Harriet Matilda9 Capen, b. 9 Dec. 1866; m. 20 June
1894 Edwin Arthur Jones, son of Henry and Mary
M. (Swan) Jones. She d. 9 July 1823.
1018. iii. Joseph Swan9 Capen, b. 13 July 1871; m. 9 Oct. 1894
Josephine Cook, b. 14 Feb. 1871 in Whitman, dau. of
Miller Jr. and Martha (Sharpe) Cook. Ch.: 1. Ger¬
trude10 Capen, b. 3 Sept. 1899, 2. Annie Josephine10
Capen, b. 4 Aug. 1906.
Authority: Records from Joseph Swan Capen (1018).
677. Elisha Ellis8 Capen (Elisha,7 Elisha,6 Samuel,5
Jonathan,4 Samuel3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Stoughton 12 March 1832 and died 26 March 1896.
He married 10 July 1853 Chloe Frances Wood,
who was born 24 Sept. 1836 and died 11 Oct.
1909. ( ?) She was daughter of Philip Leonard and
Chloe Richmond (Lyon) Wood of Middleboro.
Children:
1019. i. Emily Frances9 Capen, b. 26 Oct. 1854.
1020. ii. Georoianna Ellen9 Capen, b. 15 July 1860; d. 12 Oct.
1925 in Stoughton.
1021. iii. Elisha9 Capen, b. 23 July 1865.
Authority: Records from Mattie B. Capen (995).
678. Loranus Crowell8 Capen (Elisha,7 Elisha,6 Sam¬
uel,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Stoughton 21 May 1836 (?) (living 1915). He
married 11 Sept. 1859 Rhoda Jane Tyler, who was
born in Warren 9 Sept. 1837. She was daughter
of Capt. John and Adeline B. (Coye) Tyler of
Warren. Res. Washington, D. C.
Authorities. Descendants of Job Tyler 430; Records from
Joseph Swan Capen (1018); and Fred E. Harris, son of 709.
683. Nathaniel8 Capen (Samuel,7 Elisha,6 Samuel,5
Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born 29 Jan.
1830 and died in Mankato, Minn., 15 Aug. 1896.
He married 10 Feb. 1853 Sarah S. Long, who was
born in Burlington, Vt., 19 July 1829 and died in
The Capen Family
197
Mankato, Minn., 3 Oct. 1896. She was daughter
of John and Submit (Smead) Long.
Children:
1022. i. Ella Almira9 Capen, b. 4 Aug. 1858; m. 22 Dec. 1887
William Elmer Barnard, son of John and Sarah (Bills)
Barnard. Ch. : 1. Leon Capen Barnard, b. 25 Dec.
1889; m. 26 June 1912 Winfred Gordon, ch. : (a)
Luther Perry Barnard, b. 17 May 1913, (b) Stanley
Alvin Barnard, b. 5 Nov. 1914, 2. Myron Perry Barn¬
ard, b. 16 Feb. 1891; d. 2 July 1891.
1023. ii. Caroline Milly9 Capen, b. 7 July 1861; d. 19 Sept.
1863.
1024. iii. William Herbert9 Capen, b. 9 Jan. 1865; d. 10 Apr.
1896, um.
Authority : Records from Mattie B. Capen (995) of Stoughton.
685. Joel Talbot8 Capen (Samuel,7 Elisha,6 Samuel,6
Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born 28 May
1834 and died 26 Aug. 1906. He married first, 25
Dec. 1856 Caroline E. Wales, who died 21 June
1860. She was daughter of John and Fanny
( ) Wales. He married secondly, 18 Oct.
1862 Hannah Abigail Smith, who was born 25
Apr. 1843. She was daughter of George Francis
and Julia (Belcher) Smith. She died 28 Aug. 1920.
Child:
41025. i. Wallace Putnam9 Capen, b. 5 July 1864; m. 12 Oct.
1887 Susan Myrtella Wentworth.
Authority : Records from Mattie B. Capen (995).
686. Rev. Elmer Hewitt8 Capen, D. D., LL. D. ( Sam¬
uel,7 Elisha,6 Samuel, b Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Stoughton 5 April 1838 and died
22 March 1905. He married first, 3 Jan. 1866
Letitia Howard, who was born in New London,
Conn., about May 1839 and died in Norton 5 Sept.
1872, “aet 33 yrs., 4 mos., 18 dys.” She was daugh-
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ter of Hon. Thomas Mussey and Mary Ann (Fos-
dic) Howard.
Child born Providence, R. I.:
1025a. i. Paul B.9 Capen, b . ; d. 19 May 1873, “aged
1 yr., 7 mos., 10 dys.”
Rev. Elmer Hewitt8 Capen married secondly, 12 Feb.
1877 Mary Leavitt Edward, daughter of Oliver
Edward of Brookline.
Children:
1026. ii. Samuel Paul9 Capen, b. 21 Mar. 1878 in Somerville;
m. 25 Mar. 1908 Grace Duncan Wright of Worcester.
1027. iii. Ruth Paul9 Capen, b. 19 May 1879 in Medford; d.
Nov. 1921; m. Walter H. Farmer in 1906. He was of
Wilmington, Del. Ch.: 1. Elmer Capen Farmer, 2.
Marv Emma Farmer.
w
1028. iv. Rosamond Edwards9 (Edward?) Capen.
Rev. Elmer Hewitt Capen fitted for college at Green
Mountain Institute, Woodstock, Vt., was grad¬
uated from Tufts College in 1860. At the first
state election, after he was twenty-one, while he was
still in College, he was elected to the Mass. House
of Representatives. He studied law at Harvard,
was admitted to the bar when twenty-five, changed
his plans and entered the ministry and was or¬
dained in 1865 in Gloucester. About 1870 he went
to Saint Paul, Minn., for his wife’s health, soon re¬
turned East and settled in Providence, R. I. He
became President of Tufts College in 1875 and held
that position until his death. His maternal line of
ancestry is given as Almira,7 Samuel,6 Samuel,0
Samuel,4 Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Richard1 Paul.
Authorities : N. E. H. & G. Register LX, liv, except for line¬
age which is incorrect. (The line is given there as Samuel/
Elisha,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 Samuel/ Samuel/ Bernard1)*
Bernard1 Capen had no son Samuel,2 Samuel3 had no son Sam¬
uel.4 Samuel6 was son of Jonathan,4 and records from 995.
The Capen Family
199
687. William8 Capen (Samuel,7 Elisha,6 Samuel,5 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton
6 Oct. 1844 and died in Lake Crystal, Minn., 11
Dec. 1885. He married 18 March 1873 Fannie
Boynton of Garden City, Minn. She was born in
Holland, Vt., 18 Oct. 1851 and was daughter of
S. N. and Lucy (Marston) Boynton.
Child:
1029. i.
Charles Walter9 Capen, b. 28 Aug. 1875 near Lake
Crystal, Minn.; m. 1895 Nettie Latham of Wis. He
resided, at one time, in Minneapolis, Minn. Ch. : 1.
Leo Charles10 Capen, b. Omaha, Nebr., 22 June 18
Authority : Unknown.
697. James8 Capen (James,7 James,6 Edward,5 Jonathan,4
Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Gardner, Me.,
3 Sept. 1825 and died there 19 Jan. 1910. He mar¬
ried in Gardner, Me., 4 Jan. 1857 Jeanette Gilman
Curtis, who was born in Richmond, Me., 26 Jan.
1827 and died in Gardner, Me., 27 Jan. 1910. She
was daughter of William Curtis.
Child:
+1031. i. Charles Henry9 Capen, b. 7 Oct. 1857; m. 27 Oct.
1881 Harriet Almira Robinson.
Authorities : Records from F. E. Harris, son of 709; Records
from Mrs. Harriet A. Capen, wife of 1031.
704. Eliza A.8 Capen (Asa,7 James,6 Edward,5 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stough¬
ton 10 June 1827 and died there 8 Dec. 1880. She
married in Stoughton 1 Nov. 1851 Thomas Kellogg
who was born in West Brookfield 1 Sept. 1823
and died in Quincy 2 May 1876. He was son of
Chester and Eliza (Davis) Kellogg. He settled in
Taunton and removed to Quincy.
Children born in Taunton :
Henry Francis Kellogg, b. 25 Mar. 1852; d. 27 July
1852.
i.
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ii. Arthur Thomas Kellogg, b. 29 June 1855; m. Clara
Mae Moore.
iii. Mary' Eliza Kellogg, b. 12 June 1857; m. George
Albert Wales.
iv. Alice Brownwell Kellogg, b. 26 May 1865; d. 29 July
1865.
v. Ella Emogene Kellogg, b. 9 July 1866; d. in Stough¬
ton 20 Aug. 1866.
Authority : The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, 1054.
706. Charlotte Foster8 Capex (Samuel,7 James,6 Ed¬
ward,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
in Stoughton 1 Aug. 1812 and died 20 Oct. 1868.
She married in North Bridgewater 9 Dec. 1841
Joseph Hayward, who was born 3 Mar. (2 Mar.
gr. st.) 1810. He was son of Manley and Mary
(Monk) Hayward.
Children, first two, probably all, born in Brock¬
ton:
i. Samuel Manley Hayward, b. 27 June 1843.
ii. Wilmot Joseph Hayward, b. 4 Jan. 1849.
iii. Frederick Rupeke Hayward, b. 5 Feb. 1851.
iv. Mary Elizabeth Hayward, b. 12 Dec. 1855.
Authoritiet : History North Bridgewater, 518; Brockton Vital
Records; Records from F. E. Harris, son of 709.
707. Samuel8 Capex (Samuel,7 James,6 Edward,6 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,' John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton
5 July 1815 and died 16 April 1890. He married
28 Sept. 1847 Eliza Ann Thayer of Randolph, who
was born 20 July 1823 and died 3 May 1899. She
was daughter of Elisha and Anna (Nancy)
(Reed) Thayer of Braintree or East Randolph.
Children:
+1032. i. Rodney Bernard9 Capen, b. 27 Aug. 1848; m. Jane
Elizabeth Holmes.
Louis Melville9 Capen, b. 27 Aug. 1848; d. 4 Sept.
1848.
1033. ii.
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201
1034. iii. Arthur Selwyn9 Capen, b. 6 Feb. 1851; d. 12 Aug.
1852.
+1035. iv. Charles Danforth9 Capen, b. 2 Apr. 1854; m. Sarah
L. Cook, living in Boothbay, Me., 1914.
Authorities : Reed Genealogy 504; Holmes Genealogy 156+ ;
Records from F. E. Harris, son of 709.
708. Louisa8 Capen (Samuel,7 James,6 Edward,5 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton
24 July 1817 and died 20 Oct. 1868. She married
31 Oct. 1839 (int. Sharon 12 Oct. 1839) Lyman
Plympton “of Sharon” who was born in Sharon
26 July 1813. He was son of Ziba Jr. and Olive
(Smith) Plympton.
Children :
i. Lyman M. Plympton.
ii. Louisa A. Plympton.
iii. Eugene Capen Plympton, b. 26 Feb. 1844.
iv. Lewis Frederick Smith Plympton, b. 19 Sept. 1845.
v. Harriot M. Plympton.
Authorities : Stoughton (Canton) Records; Records from F.
E. Harris, son of 709.
709. Martha8 Capen (Samuel,7 James,6 Edward,5 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton
17 May 1820 and died 25 June 1911. She married
17 May 1840 Josephus Harris of Stoughton.
Children :
i. Frederick E. Harris.
ii. Frederick E. Harris.
iii. Ansel J. Harris.
Authority : Records from F. E. Harris, son of 709.
710. Amelia8 Capen (Samuel,7 James,6 Edward,5 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stough¬
ton 8 Oct. 1821 and died 29 April 1878. She mar¬
ried 18 April 1841 Nathan Blanchard of Stough¬
ton.
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Children :
i. Alice Blanchard.
ii. Clarence M. Blanchard.
iii. Caroline A. Blanchard.
Authority : Records from F. E. Harris, son of 709.
711. James8 Capex (Samuel,7 James,6 Edward,6 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Stough¬
ton 9 April 1823 and died in Sharon 22 May 1868.
He married 12 Nov. 1843 Frances Lamont Willis
of Braintree, who was born about Feb. 1822 and
died 22 Oct. 1878 aged 56 yrs., 8 mos., 18 dys. She
was daughter of Ephraim and Charlotte (Tower)
Willis.
Children:
1036. i. Arabella F.9 Capen, b. 26 Mar. 1845; d. 4 Oct. 1919.
1037. ii. Isadora L.9 Capen, b. 1 1 Aug. 1846; d. 20 Sept. 1927
in Dorchester.
41038. iii. Edward Forest9 Capen, b. 27 Jan. 1849; d. 15 Dec.
1926.
1039. iv. George Willis9 Capen, b. 21 Sept. 1858, living 1914
in Jamaica Plain; m. Nov. 1887 Mabel Whitefield,
dau. of Edwin and Lillian W. ( ) White-
field of Reading. Ch.: 1. Francis W.10 Capen, b. 14
Oct. 188 — ; m. Thomas Bond, residence Reading.
Authorities: Records from F. E. Harris, son of 709; Boston
Directories for 1914; and 995.
712. Rebecca Elizabeth8 Capex (Azel,7 James,8 Ed¬
ward,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
in Stoughton 3 Sept. 1850. She married 4 Dec.
1870 Albert Ellis Standish.
Children:
i. Miles Winfield Standish, b. 13 July 1876.
ii. Lucy Maud Standish, b. 4 Jan. 1878.
iii. Albert Ellis Standish, b. 21 Jan. 1879; d. Aug. 1910.
iv. Ethel Maria Standish, b. 5 May 1880.
Authority : Unknown.
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203
713. James Ansel8 Capen (Azel,7 James,0 Edward,5
Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, prob¬
ably in Stoughton, 10 Oct. 1851. He married 15
March 1875 Mary Ann Shields.
Children :
1040. i. Mary Lucy9 Capen, b. 31 Dec. 1877; d. 23 Dec. 1893.
1041. ii. Harry Azel9 Capen, b. 13 July 1879; d. 5 July 1880.
1042. iii. Bertram Ansel9 Capen, b. 17 Aug. 1880; m. 24 June
1905, Mary Esther McRaith, b. Rockland, dau. of
Thomas and Ellen (Shea) McRaith.
1043. iv. Ralph Cutting9 Capen, b. 29 Dec. 1892; d. 1 Sept.
1893.
1044. v. Esther Ruby9 Capen, b. 10 Aug. 1895.
Authority : Unknown.
716. Mary8 Capen (Edward,7 Edward,6 Edward,0 Jona¬
than,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in West
Bridgewater 9 Jan. 1818. She married in West
Bridgewater 19 March 1837 John Whitman Col¬
well, who was born in West Bridgewater 5 Dec.
1814. He was son of John and Hannah ( )
Colwell.
Children born in West Bridgewater:
i. John Edward Colwell, b. 21 Dec. 1838.
ii. Mary Gilbert Colwell, b. 17 Oct. 1847; d. 10 Aug.
1848.
Perhaps others.
Authority : Town Records West Bridgewater.
724. Charles Augustus8 Capen (Abner,7 Edward,6 Ed¬
ward,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
in Stoughton 1837. He married Julia Frances
Lowe 24 Nov. 1861. She was born in Canton 15
July 1840. She was daughter of Edmund and
Fally (Johnson) Lowe.
Children :
1045. i. Myra Alice9 Capen, b. 14 Jan. 1863; m. in Brockton
26 Nov. 1919 Fred Snell of Stoughton.
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The Capex Family
1046. ii. Lillian Prances9 Capen, b. 26 Aug. 1866; m. 20 June
1888 Howard Norton of Farmington, Me., b. 28 Jan.
1858, son of Peter and Joanna (Johnson) Norton.
Ch. : 1. Charles W. Norton of Orange, N. J., b. 8 Aug.
1889, 2. Leslie H. Norton of Berkeley, Calif., b. 22
Mar. 1891.
1046a. iii. Addie Marden9 Capen, b. 25 Mar. 1872; m. 3 Apr. 1900
Fred Cutler.
Authority: Records from Mattie B. Capen (995).
730. Alexander Platts8 Capen (James,7 James,6
James,5 James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Brattleboro, Vt., 6 Jan. 1811 and died 1 Aug.
1864. He married Lucy Ann Nichols of New
Ipswich, N. H., who was born 12 May 1812 and
died 4 April 1905.
Children born in Brattleboro, Vt. ;
+1047. i. Rosella Platts9 Capen, b. 11 Oct. 1846; m. 4 Oct. 1866
Emerson E. Flagg.
1048. ii. Rhoda Ann9 Capen, b. 18 Feb. 1852; m. William H.
Haywood. Ch.: 2 sons. Wilmington, Del.
Authority : Records from Rosella Platts (Capen) Flagg
(1047).
731. Elizabeth Rachel Chase8 Capen (James,7 James,6
James,5 James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Brattleboro, Vt., 31 May 1816 and died 27 Mar.
1885. She married Silas Atwood of Warwick.
Children:
i. James Henry Atwood.
ii. Susan Platts Livermore Atwood.
All this family died before 1916.
Authority : Records from Rosella Platts (Capen) Flagg (1047).
732. James Henry8 Capen (James,7 James,6 James,6
James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Brattle¬
boro, Vt., 7 Feb. 1828 and died 12 July 1899. He
married first, 16 June 1852 Maria E. Livermore,
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205
who was born in Mason, N. H., 8 Sept. 1827 and
died in Brattleboro, Vt., 1 June 1861.
Child:
+1049. i. Welcome Ithiel9 Capen, b. 25 July 1854; m. 1 Oct.
1871 Arietta Rogers. He d. 16 Apr. 1919, Mt. Vernon,
N. Y.
James Henry8 Capen married secondly, in New¬
market, N. H., 16 Sept. 1862 (N. H. Vital Rec¬
ords say 17 Sept.) Marie De Neige Pellerin, who
died 20 Sept. 1914.
Child:
+1050. ii. Moritz Pellerin Capen, b. 30 July 1864; m. 2 Oct.
1900 Mrs. Sarah G. Pellerin.
Authority. Records from Rosella Platts (Capen) Flagg 1047.
735. Eunice Marianna8 Capen (Edmund M.7 James,6
James,5 James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Framingham 22 June 1833. She married 15 Oct.
1852 (Andrew) Anderson Smith of Framingham.
She died in Framingham 28 Jan. 1863.
Children :
i. Ella Maria Capen Smith, b. 27 Jan. 1855.
ii. Edmund M. Capen Smith, b. 1857; d. 31 Dec. 1869.
Authority : History Framingham, 701.
740. Ebenezer8 Capen (Thomas,7 Thomas,6 James,6
James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born New Pen-
nacook, Me., 30 Dec. 1780. He married in Con¬
cord, N. H., 31 July 1905 Abigail Carter, who
was daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Carr)
Carter (m. rec. from Registrar V. S. Concord,
N. H.).
Children born in Stewartstown, N. H.:
1051. i. Albert Gallatin9 Capen, b. 30 Jan. 1806; m. Concord,
N. H., 5 June 1838 Mary Hall of Concord. He was
then of Lowell (V. S. of N. H.).
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1052. ii.
1053. iii.
1054. iv.
1055. v.
1056. vi.
1057. vii.
1058. viii.
+1059. ix.
Thomas Carter9 Capen, b. 25 Aug. 1808; d. Man¬
chester, N. H., 8 June 1899; m. Concord, N. H., 25
Dec. 1832 Mary S. Corliss, d. Groton, N. H., 26 Nov.
1885 aged 76 yrs. 4 mos. 1 dy., dau. of John and
Deborah (Sargeant) Corliss. Ch.: Deborah C.10
Capen, m. 1 Jan. 1865 Seth C. Austin of Bow, N. H.
Marriage reported from Dunbarton, N. H.
Eliza Jane9 Capen, b. 27 July 1810; m. Stewartstown,
N. H., 14 Sept. 1828 John Kent.
Hannah Alice9 Capen, b. 14 Oct. 1812; m. Concord,
N. H., 20 Feb. 1831 Ira Abbott, b. Concord, N. H., 14
Feb. 1805, son of Levi and Mary (Carter) Abbott.
Lucinda S.9 Capen, b. 13 July 1815; m. Concord, N. H.,
4 June 1833 Robert Hall.
Maria Louise9 Capen, b. 13 July 1815; m. Levi P.
Brooks (?).
Veloria Ann ’ Capen, b. 7 Oct. 1817; d. Concord, N. H.,
30 Apr. 1835.
Rosanna E.9 Capen, b. 28 Mar. 1820; m., as 3rd wife,
Albert Danforth, b. Boscawen, N. H., 2 Dec. 1819,
son of William and Betsey (Putney) Danforth. Ch. :
Emma Lucinda Danforth, m. 8 July 1893, by Rev.
S. P. Heath, in Webster, N. H., Henry B. Dunbar.
He was son of Elmer B. and Ann T. (Webber) Dun¬
bar. Ch. : three.
(Nathaniel) Henry E.9 Capen, b. 13 May 1829 Stew¬
artstown, N. H. Birth record does not give his par¬
ents’ names, but death record says he was son of
Ebenezer. He m. Charlotte Garland.
Authorities : Dept, of Vital Statistics of New Hampshire;
Danforth Genealogy 402.
741. James9 Capen (Thomas,7 Thomas,6 James,5 James,4
James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, probably in Bethel,
Me.
Children born in Concord, N. H.:
1064. i. Lydia9 Capen, b. 30 Aug. 1809.
1065. ii. Esther9 Capen, b. 1 1 Mar. 1811.
1066. iii. William9 Capen, b. 15 Dec. 1813.
1067. iv. Timothy9 Capen, b. 30 Apr. 1816; m. 28 Nov. 1833
Sally Hanscom in Barrington, N. H.
Samuel9 Capen, b. 13 Nov. 1819.
1068. v.
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207
1069. vi. David Simons9 Capen, b. 20 Jan. 1822.
1070. vii. A child of James Capen died at Concord, N. H., 1818.
Authority : Dept. Vital Statistics of New Hampshire.
742. Timothy8 Capex (Thomas/ Thomas,6 James,5
James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, probably
in Rumford, Me., 1793. He married first, Ruth
Dustin and secondly, Mary Abbott. Res. Bethel,
Me.
Authority: History Rumford, Me., 310.
743. Deborah8 Capex (Thomas,7 Thomas,6 James,5
James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born, probably
in Rumford, Me., 7 June 1796. She married 4
March 1814 (or 1816) William Ackley of Rum¬
ford, Me., who was born 12 Dec. 1792. He was
son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Moody) Ackley.
Children born in Rumford, Me. :
i. Thomas Jefferson Ackley, b. 4 Mar. 1818.
ii. Sarah Ackley, b. 22 June 1820.
iii. Mary Ackley, b . ; d. 31 Aug. 1823.
iv. George W. Ackley, b. 26 July 1824.
v. William B. Ackley, b. 21 Nov. 1827.
vi. Hosea Ackley, b. 12 Dec. 1829.
vii. Ezra Ackley, b. 29 Sept. 1831.
viii. Esther Ackley, b. 27 Sept. 1835.
The 1850 census of Maine, in Rumford, gives:
William Ackley age 58, Deborah Ackley age 56,
Hosea Ackley age 20, Ezra Ackley age 18, Esther
Ackley age 14.
Authorities : History Rumford, Me., p. 310; 1850 Census of
Maine.
745. Oliver Beal8 Capex (Thomas,7 Thomas,6 James,5
James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Bethel,
Me.; m. Susan P. Chase, who was born in Wolf-
borough, N. H.
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Children born in Colebrook, N. H.:
1071. i. Alfred I.9 Capen, b. abt. 1832; m. Columbia, N. H.,
by Russell Darling, J. P., 27 Nov. 1859 (age 27 yrs.)
Sarah E. Chase, b. Stewartstown, N. H., abt. 1842
(17 in 1859), dau. of William and Mercy (Danforth)
Chase. Ch.: Rose E.10 Capen, b. Columbia, N. H., 18
June 1865.
1072. ii. Edward A.9 Capen, b. abt. 1837; m. Colebrook, N. H.,
15 June 1873 (age 36) Mary E. Heath, b. Colebrook,
N. H., abt. 1846 (27 in 1873) dau. of David and
Jane ( ) Heath.
1073. iii. John Smith9 Capen, b. abt. 1843; m.
1074. iv. Persis A.9 Capen, b . ; m. Colebrook, N. H.,
31 Dec. 1873 George W. Heath.
Authority: Dept, of New Hamp. Vital Statistics, Concord,
N. H.
747. William8 Capen (William,7 Dea. William/’ James/
James/ James/ John/ Bernard1) born in Port¬
land, Me., 17 May 1802 and died there 22 May
1863 “aged 61 yrs” (gr. st.). He married 1826
Ann H. Walton, who died in Portland, Me., 6
March 1865, “aged 59 yrs” (gr. st.). She was
daughter of Mark Walton.
Children born in Portland, Me.:
i. Frances E.9 Capen, b. 3 Sept. 1827; d. Portland, Me.,
Feb. 1892; m. Nathan Morrell.
ii. Sarah W.9 Capen, b. 8 Dec. 1828; d. 1891.
iii. Anne W.9 Capen, b. 1 Jan. 1831; d. 15-16 Sept. 1895;
m. Fred G. Lowell.
iv. Catherine W.9 Capen, b. 5 Mar. 1833; d. May 1914.
v. William G.9 Capen, b. 1835; d. 1835.
vi. Ellen M.9 Capen, b. 6 Apr. 1836; d. 13 Jan. 1909; m.
James B. Totten.
vii. Henrietta9 Capen, b. 29 May 1838; d. 22 March 1854.
viii. Harriet N.9 Capen, b. 15 Sept. 1845; d. 26 Aug. 1847.
Authorities : Records from Dr. Totten, husband of 1080, and
from Harriet E. Capen (1089).
748. Charles8 Capen (William,7 William/ James/
James/ James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Port-
1075.
1076.
1077.
1078.
1079.
1080.
1081.
1082.
The Capen Family
209
land, Me., 12 July 1804 and died there 21 June
1880. He married 27 Feb. 1827 Pamelia Stan¬
ford, who was born in Cape Elizabeth, Me., 17 Feb.
1809 and died in Portland, Me., 29 March 1892-3.
She was daughter of John and Elizabeth (Thorn¬
dike) Stanford.
Children born in Portland; Me.:
1083. i.
1084. ii.
+1085. iii.
1086. iv.
George9 Capen, b . ; d. 28 Aug. 1832.
Charles9 Capen, b . ; d. 27 Apr. 1835.
Edward Henry9 Capen, b. 5 Sept. 1835; m. Sarah Ann
Malvey.
Charles William9 Capen, b. 21 Jan. 1837 or 1839; d.
“20 July 1896 aged 57 yrs.” (gr. st.), Portland, Me.,
um.
1087. v. William9 Capen, b . ; d. 27 Sept. 1839.
1088. vi. Sylvester9 Capen, b . ; d. 4 Sept. 1842.
1089. vii. Harriet Elizabeth9 Capen, b. 25 Aug. 1843, living
1915 Portland, Me.
1090. viii. Ellen Maria9 Capen, b. 5 Oct. 1848; m. 18 July 1865,
in Portland, Me., Woodbury R. Buckman.
Authorities: Records from 1089 and 1291.
749. Henry Titcomb8 Capen (William,7 William,6
James,5 James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Portland, Me., 25 (26) Nov. 1806 and died 17
June 1869. He married Eliza Ann Collins, b. 16
July 1805 and died 27 March 1886.
Children :
1091. i.
1092. ii.
+1093. iii.
1094. iv.
Mary Eliza9 Capen, b. 29 June 1835; m. Edward E.
Eames (or Ames or Emerson); d. 1 Jan. 1870.
Julia Evelyn9 Capen, b. 23 May 1838; m. 15 Oct. 1857
Stewart Lyman Woodford, b. N. Y. City 3 Sept. 1835,
son of Josiah Curtis and Susan (Terry) Woodford.
Florence Isabel9 Capen, b. 1 Mar. 1844; m. John A.
Stanton.
William Bulkley9 Capen, b. 16 June 1849; m. Gertrude
Adele Proctor.
Authorities: Records from Wm. E. Capen (1291) and E. P.
Capen (1099) and Harriet E. Capen (1089).
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753. Edward William8 Capex (Edward G.7 William,6
James,3 James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Portland, Me., 23 May 1810 and died in Boston
12 Aug. or 23 Sept. 1881. He married in Port¬
land, Me., 29 Dec. 1835 Lucretia Augusta Mars-
ton, who was born in Portland, Me., 5 Aug. 1813
and died in Boston 5 May 1889. She was daughter
of Zachariah and Sarah ( ) Marston.
Children :
+1095. i. Edward Augustus9 Capen, b. 19 Mar. 1844; m. 9 May
1871 Helen M. Thomas.
+1096. ii. William Henry9 Capen, b. 11 July 1853; m. June 1884
Hattie Ellen Wiswall.
Authorities : Records from E. P. Capen (1099); Mass. Gen¬
ealogies, except lineage which is incorrect.
755. David Bradish8 Capen (Edward Goodwin,7 Dea.
William,6 James,3 James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Portland, Me., 18 Aug. 1815 and died
there 20 August 1900. He married in North Yar¬
mouth (Cumberland Center), Me., 19 March 1843
Susan Prince, who was born in North Yarmouth,
Me., 29 April 1821 and died in Portland, Me., 5
April 1917. She was daughter of Capt. Joel6 and
Sukey (Susan) (Morse) Prince. Capt. Joel
Prince was born in North Yarmouth, Me., 18 Apr.
1783 and died there 16 Nov. 1853. He married in
Portland, Me., 26 Feb. 1804 Susan Morse, who was
born in Portland, Me., 30 July 1787 and died in
New Gloucester, Me., March 1874. She was
daughter of Ephraim and Sally ( )
Morse. The Prince line of descent is Capt. Joel,6
James,5 Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 Thomas,2 Elder
John1 Prince, who was born in 1610 and was son
of Rev. John Prince of Little Sheffield, Berks,
Eng. Elder John came to America in 1633. He
was first in Watertown, then Hingham, then Hull,
Edwin Prince Capen
for whom this hook was printed as a memorial to Rev. Charles Albert Hayden.
The Capen Family
211
where he was one of the original settlers, and the
first ruling elder, which position he held till his
death 16 August 1676. The Prince line in Eng¬
land is Rev. John,a John,b Anthony,0 George/
Richard6 Prince, who died in 1559.
Children born in Portland, Me.:
Mary Ann9 Capen, b. 20 Apr. 1844, living 1928; m. 19
Mar. 1867 Charles Albert Brown, b. 7 May 1840;
d. 16 Dec. 1910 in Brookline.
Elizabeth Tebbetts9 Capen, b. 15 Feb. 1851, living
1928.
Edwin Prince9 Capen, b. 5 June 1855, living 1928; m.
Minneapolis, Minn., 4 Sept. 1884 Martha Caroline
Thompson, b. Minneapolis, Minn., 24 Feb. 1863,
living 1928, dau. of Joseph Hayes and Ellen Maria
(Gould) Thompson. Joseph Hayes Thompson
changed the spelling of the name from Tompson to
Thompson. The Thompson line of descent is Joseph
Hayes7 Thompson, Daniel Goodwin,6 William,5 Rev.
John,4 Rev. William,3 Samuel,2 Rev. William1 Tomp¬
son, who came to America in 1637 and was installed
first pastor of the first church in Braintree (Quincy).
“He was a Learned, Solid, Sound Divine, Whose
Name of Fame in Boath Englands Did Shine.” The
Gould line of descent is Ellen M.8 Gould, Benjamin,7
Benjamin,6 James,5 Benjamin,4 John,3 James,2 Zac-
cheus1 Gould.
Alice Harrod9 Capen, b. 4 Oct. 1861; d. 9 Nov. 1880
in Portland, Me.
Authorities : Family Records from 1099; Birth Records Port¬
land, Me.; Gravestone Inscriptions, Portland, Me.; Records of
N. Yarmouth, Me.; Maine Genealogies IV, 1766; Research
work in England and America.
760. Frederick William8 Capen (John,7 William,6
James,5 James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born,
probably in Boston, 20 Aug. 1823. He married 4
May 1864 Martha Louisa Johnson, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., who was born 8 Oct. 1832. He was a mem¬
ber of Channing Unitarian Church in Newton,
Jan. 1853.
1097. i.
1098. ii.
1099. iii.
1100. iv.
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Children :
1101. i.
1102. ii.
1103. iii.
1104. iv.
1105. v.
John Frederick9 Capen, b. 17 March 1865.
George Francis9 Capen, b. 30 Sept. 1866.
Howard9 Capen, b. 26 June 1868.
Bernard Simpkins9 Capen, b. 21 Mar. 1870.
Louis9 Capen, b. 18 May 1872.
Authorities: Smith History Newton, 689; Records from 1101.
770. Ezekiel8 (Ezekiel Edward8) Capen (John,7
Ezekiel,” Ebenezer,3 Preserved,4 Preserved,3 John,2
Bernard1) born 17 Jan. 1818 and died 5 April 1872.
He married first, 21 Feb. 1841 Mrs. Mary A. Brett,
who was born 14 March 1802 and died 13 October
1853. She was daughter of William P. and Keziah
(Mason) Allen.
Child:
1105a. i. John D.9 Capen, b. 14 Mar. 1844; d. 21 May 1909; m.
1st, 26 Nov. 1867 Alvera A. White, b. 5 May 1846; d.
1 Mar. 1880; dau. of James A. and Angeline N.
(Shepard) White. Ch. : 1. Mary E.10 Capen, b. 6
Apr. 1868; m. 27 Sept. 1888 Hiram E. Belcher, son
of James L. and Luella (Holmes) Belcher. 2. Isa-
bell10 Capen, b. 9 Aug. 1875; was adopted by Nelson
White; m. Edward Barlow.
John D.9 Capen m. 2ndly, E. Ellen Harwood, b. 24 Mar.
1845; d. 6 Dec. 1897. He m. thirdly, Emaline Har¬
wood.
Ezekiel Edward8 Capen married secondly, Emma P.
Knaggs, who died 28 Oct. 1887 aged 52 years, 5
months, 11 days.
Children:
1105b. ii. Annie Isabelle9 Capen, b. 12 May 1856; d. 15 July
1922; m. 11 Oct. 1887 N. S. Willet of Augusta, Ga.
Her grave is in Sharon.
iii. Ernest Thurston9 Capen, b. 12 Aug. 1865; d. 14 Dec.
1899, um.
iv. Gertrude9 Capen, m. 26 Oct. 1899 George E. Whitney.
Authority : Stoughton Records from 995.
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213
771. Thomas8 Capen (Lemuel,7 Lemuel,6 Ebenezer,0
Preserved,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born 7
July 1812. He married in Sharon 12 Oct. 1837
Susan Richards, who was born in Sharon 29 Oct.
1814. She was daughter of Jeremiah, Jr., and
Susannah (Hewins) Richards.
Children born in Sharon:
1106. i. Helen Frances9 Capen, b. 9 May 1839.
1107. ii. Artemas Alonzo9 Capen, b. 27 Aug. 1843.
1108. iii. Herbert Sylvester9 Capen, b. 13 Apr. 1846.
Thomas8 Capen married secondly, Rachel Hamden.
Authorities: Sharon Vital Records; Records from F. E. Har¬
ris, son of 709.
772. Warren8 Capen (Lemuel,7 Lemuel,6 Ebenezer,5
Preserved,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Sharon about 1815 (31 in 1846). He married first,
in Sharon 17 Aug. 1839 Hannah Estey, who was
born about 1816. She died in Sharon 14 June 1845
“aged 29 yrs.” She was daughter of Jeremiah
Estey.
Children born in Sharon :
1109. i. Hannah Almeria9 Capen, b. 6 Aug. 1840; died in
Sharon 27 June 1843.
1110. ii. Warren G.9 Capen, b. about 1843; m. N. Bridgewater
30 Dec. 1872 Ella M. Reed, b. N. Bridgewater about
1852. He was, in 1872, living in E. Jaffray, N. H.
Warren8 Capen married secondly, 28 April 1846
(age 31) Abigail Estey, sister of his first wife.
Authority : Sharon Records.
773. Nancy8 Capen (Major Elisha7?) (Lemuel,6 Eben¬
ezer,5 Preserved,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Sharon 22 Sept. 1806 and died 9 Oct. 1884.
She married in Sharon 28 March 1831 George
Wendell Messer of Dedham, who was born 20 May
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The Capen Family
1806 and died 12 August 1884. He was son of
Isaac and Martha (Stevens) Messer.
Children :
i. George Capen Messer, b. Norwood 5 June 1832; d. 29
Aug. 1860; m. 10 Apr. 1853 Julia Winship of Sharon
or So. Dedham.
ii. Olive Nancy Messer, b. New London, N. H., 7 Apr.
1834; m. 17 Nov. 1858 Richard Morgan of Spring-
field or New London, N. H.
iii. Elijah Capen Messer, b. Springfield 21 Aug. 1835; m.
Hannah Ellsworth of Ohio. Res. Grand Rapids, Mich.
iv. Eliza A. Messer, b. Springfield 21 Aug. 1835; d. y.
v. Narcissa Bowman Messer, b. 2 Dec. 1836; m. J. H.
Goodell. Res. Oakland, Calif.
vi. Hannah Morse Messer, b. 28 Feb. 1838, um.
vii. Richard Baxter Messer, b. 15 July 1840; m. 10 Apr.
1870 Lydia Sargeant of Roxbury.
viii. Mary Amanda Messer, b. 12 Apr. 1841; m. 1st, Geo.
E. Dickey; m. 2ndly, Bela W. Gordon. Res. Leo¬
minster. (?)
ix. Henry William Messer, b. 1 Nov. 1843; m. Angie
Clark of Bangor, Me. Res. Somerville.
x. Miranda (Minnie) Winship Messer, b. 6 Oct. 1845;
m. 6 May 1871 William W. Smith of Florence.
Authorities : Sharon Vital Records 16 & 82; History New Lon¬
don, N. H., 264; History Andover, 239.
775. Lemuel8 Capen (Major Elisha7?) (Lemuel,6 Eben-
ezer,5 Preserved,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Sharon 21 April 1812. He married (int.
in Sharon 10 Sept. 1836) Susan Littlefield of
Easton. He died in Sharon 8 Aug. 1843 aged 31.
Children born in Sharon:
1110a. i. Susan9 Capen, b . ; d. Sharon 16 July 1844
aged 2 yrs.
1110b. ii. Lemuel9 Capen, b . ; m. Portsmouth, N. H.
(living there), 30 Nov. 1875 Mrs. Josephine T. Allen,
b. Berwick, Me., dau. of Augustus and Eliza ( )
Knox.
Authorities : V. R. Sharon 16, 81, 157; Records from Registrar
V. S. Concord, N. H.
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215
776. Silas (P.8) Capen (Major Elisha7?) (Lemuel,6
Lemuel,5 Preserved,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1)
married in Dedham 6 April 1841 Hannah Morse.
Children born in Dedham:
1111. i. Silas9 Capen.
1112. ii. Louisa Frances9 Capen.
1113. iii. Ella Augusta9 Capen, m., as 2nd wife, 6 July 1876
Milton Harrington Howard, b. 8 Sept. 1851. Ch. :
Carrie Ethel Howard, b. 1 Dec. 1878; 2. Maude Stan¬
ley Howard, b. 6 Nov. 1883; 3. Herman Capen How¬
ard, b. 17 Dec. 1886; 4. Marion Wilder Howard, b. 5
Feb. 1889.
1114. iv. George O.9 Capen, b. abt. 1849; m. 12 Oct. 1870 (age
21) Amelia G. Saveles of Chelsea (age 20), b. Boston,
dau. of Asa and Sarah A. ( ) Saveles.
Authorities : Dedham Records; Howard Genealogy 175; Rec¬
ords from F. E. Harris, son of 709.
780. Charles8 Capen (David,7 Samuel,6 Ebenezer,5 Pre¬
served,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Fox-
borough 9 Feb. 1811. He married in Mansfield 22
June 1837 Olive Maria White of Mansfield, who
was born 1815 (gr. st.). He is called on Fox-
borough records a “bonnet presser.”
Children :
1115. i. Augustus White9 Capen, b. Foxborough 30 Nov. 1838;
m. Frances O . , b. 2 July 1834 (gr. st.).
1116. ii. Ella Maria9 Capen, b. Mansfield 9 Aug. 1848.
Authority : Foxborough Vital Records 20 & 122.
781. David Edson8 Capen (David,7 Samuel,6 Ebenezer,6
Preserved,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Foxborough 18 Feb. 1814. He married in Fox¬
borough 2 Feb. 1837 Caroline Packard. He is
called on Foxborough records a “bonnet presser.”
Children born in Foxborough:
1117. i. Caroline Louisa9 Capen, b. 25 Oct. 1839.
1118. ii. Mary Anna9 Capen, b. 13 Sept. 1841; d. 15 Oct. 1843.
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1119. iii. Harriet Anna9 Capen, b. in Central Village 3 Oct. 1844.
Authority : Foxborough Vital Records 20 & 122.
789. Samuel Adams8 Capen (Samuel M.,7 Samuel,6
Nathaniel,5 John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Braintree 11 August 1836 and died in Ran¬
dolph 9 Jan. 1897. He married in Randolph 3
Oct. 1861 Janet Frances Odell who was born 3
Oct. 1839 and died in Randolph 28 March 1883.
She was daughter of Ira and Anna (Mann) Odell.
Children :
1120. i. Ida Jennie9 Capen, b. 17 Dec. 1866; d. 24 Mar. 1867.
1121. ii. Carroll Adams9 Capen, b. 17 Apr. 1875; m. 15 Oct.
1906 Lucy Chadsey Oliver, b. Bath, Me., 24 Nov.
1883, dau. of George W. and Jennie B. ( )
Oliver of Bath, Me.
1122. iii. Arthur Francis9 Capen, b. 23 Mar. 1883; m. 1st, in
Wollaston 17 Sept. 1907 Bessie L. Bryant, b. Ran¬
dolph, dau. of Charles F. and Annie B. (Bullock)
Bryant. She died 9 Mar. 1914. He m. 2ndly, in Cleve¬
land, Ohio, 12 Oct. 1915 Anna M. Filley, b. Cleve¬
land, Ohio, 16 Sept. 1891, dau. of Charles W. Filley
of Peterboro, Can., and Josephine (Malone) Filley of
Listol, Ireland.
Samuel Adams9 Capen married secondly, at Ran¬
dolph 2 Oct. 1884 Mrs. Sarah Augusta Fales.
Authorities: Mann Memorial 99; Records from 1121 & 1122;
Randolph Records.
789a. Charles Mosely8 Capen (Samuel M.,7 Samuel,6
Nathaniel,5 John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Braintree 11 Oct. 1839 and died in Jamaica
Plain 5 Jan. 1890. He married in Randolph 1870
Emma Spaulding, who was born in Braintree 6
Jan. 1851. She was daughter of George Barron
and Rebecca (Beal) Spaulding.
Children :
1123. i. Charles Herbert9 Capen, b. Randolph 11 Nov. 1875.
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1124. ii. Emma Spaulding9 Capen, b. Braintree.
1124a. iii. George Franklin9 Capen, b.
Authority: Records from Charles H. Capen (1123).
790a. Samuel Billings8 Capen (Samuel C.,7 Samuel,6
Christopher,5 John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Boston 12 Dec. 1842 and died in Shanghai,
China 29 Jan. 1914. He married in Boston 8 Dec.
1869 Helen Maria Warren, who was born in Bos¬
ton 18 Dec. 1844. She was daughter of John
Wright and Mary M. (Robinson) Warren.
Children:
1125. i. Edward Warren9 Capen, b. Jamaica Plain 24 Sept.
1870; m. 6 Oct. 1904 Lydia Elizabeth Sanderson of
Cleveland, Ohio, dan. of Frederick Milton and Harriet
P. (White) Sanderson.
1126. ii. Mary Warren9 Capen, b. 18 Apr. 1874.
Samuel Billings Capen at the time of his death, was
President of the American Board of Commis¬
sioners for Foreign Missions, Chairman of Board
of Trustees of Wellesley College, and Trustee of
World’s Foundation. He died while making a tour
in the interests of International Peace and visiting
the Missions of the A. B. C. F. M. in the Orient.
He was much esteemed in his home town, Jamaica
Plain, and it is reported that a High School build¬
ing is to be built there to be called the “S. B. Capen
Junior High School,” and the town is about to
build (1928) a “Samuel B. Capen Memorial”
building, that is to be a home center for men and
boys.
Authorities: Who’s Who in America; Men of America; News¬
paper Articles and Death Notice.
793. Lydia Coffin8 Capen (Charles,7 Joseph,6 Chris¬
topher,5 John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
in Nantucket 17 Feb. 1840. She married first,
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The Capex Family
Alexander Degnan, who died in St. Louis, Mo., 12
Dec. 1879. He is called “of Pennsylvania.”
Children :
i. Mary Alexander Degnan, b. Indianapolis, Ind., 16
Nov. 1866; m. Sandwich, Ill., 12 Sept. 1887 William
Shank of St. Louis, Mo. Ch. b. St. Louis, Mo.: 1.
Capen Shank, b. 1 Mar. 1889, 2. Wilma Madeline
Shank, b. 28 Aug. 1890.
ii. Samuel Bryan Degnan, b. St. Charles, Mo., 31 Dec.
1869; m. Anna Blakeley. He was a physician in
Central Lake, Mich.
iii. Cora Amelia Degnan, b. St. Louis, Mo., 3 Mar. 1873;
m. St. Louis, Mo., 15 Apr. 1891 Frank Walter Choisel,
b. 10 Sept. 1867. Ch. : Frank Walter Choisel, b. St.
Louis, Mo., 30 Mar. 1892.
Lydia Coffin (Capen) Degnan married secondly, in
St. Louis, Mo., 23 Nov. 1881 John M. Wilson of
St. Louis, Mo.
Authority : Records from George Otis Capen (1139) sent by
Mrs. Georgia (Capen) Noyes 806).
794. Katherine H.8 Capen (Charles,7 Joseph,6 Chris¬
topher,5 John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
in Nantucket 21 Jan. 1842. She married Robert B.
Dentry “of Philadelphia.”
Child:
i. Charles Gordon Dentry, b. St. Charles, Mo., 20 Sept.
1867; m . Ch. : 1. Robert Gordon Dentry,
b. in Denver, Col., 16 Nov. 1892, 2. Gladys Dentry,
b. Denver, Col., 10 Apr. 1894.
Katherine H. (Capen) Dentry married secondly,
. Scribner.
Authority : Records from George Otis Capen (1139) sent by
Mrs. Georgia (Capen) Noyes (806) of Dorchester.
795. Charles Hatch8 Capen (Christopher,7 Joseph,6
Christopher,5 John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1)
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219
born in 1841 and died in 1909. He married Alice
C. Dorlow.
Children :
+1127. i. Charles Alfred9 Capen* b. Bridgeport* Conn.* 12 Oct.
1868; m. Etta M. Davis in New York City 8 Nov.
1900.
1128. ii. Frederick Mortimer9 Capen* b. New York City 11
July 1872.
1129. iii. Ethel Adele9 Capen* b. New York City 16 Aug. 1887.
Authority. Records from Frederick M. Capen (1128).
799. Thomas Wells8 Capen (Thomas W.,7 Joseph,6
Christopher,5 John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Dorchester 25 Sept. 1842. He married in
Brooklyn, N. Y., 29 Aug. 1866 Lucy J. La Roza
(La Rozo), who was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 2
Sept. 1846.
1130.
i.
1130a.
• •
ii.
1131.
• • •
m.
1132.
iv.
1133.
V.
1134.
vi.
1135.
• •
Vll.
Children, first four born in Brooklyn, N. Y., the
others in Stamford, Conn. :
George Francis9 Capen* b. 12 Oct. 1867; d. Brooklyn*
N. Y., 2 Jan. 1871.
Louisa Cordelia9 Capen* b. 16 Feb. 1869; d. Brooklyn*
N. Y., 21 Jan. 1871.
Lily Franklin9 Capen* b. 17 Jan. 1872; m. Milwaukee,
Wis.* 2 May 1891 Charles E. (W. ?) Me Caull.
Arthur9 Capen* b. 15 June 1876; m. Chicago* Ill.* 21
Aug. 1903 Harriet C. Willcoxson.
Laura Wells9 Capen* b. 15 Feb. 1878; m. Chicago* Ill.,
17 May 1904 Joseph P. Schwab.
Charles Albert9 Capen* b. 2 May 1880.
Robert Hall9 Capen* b. 16 Dec. 1884; m. Benton
Harbor* Mich., 11 Nov. 1911 Edythe Srackengast.
Authority : Records from Mrs. Georgia (Capen) Noyes (806).
808. Charles Edward8 Capen (George O.,7 Joseph,6
Christopher,5 John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard,1)
born in Boston 25 Nov. 1848. He married 24 May
1873 Hattie Young, daughter of Solomon Young
of Providence, R. I.
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Children born in Providence, R. I.:
1136. i. Lottie Meads9 Capen, b. 11 Jan. 1875; d. Oct. 1910;
m . Graffam.
1137. ii. Lena Thorpe9 Capen, b. 5 Feb. 1877; m. C. Adams.
Ch. : Harold Adams.
1138. iii. Hattie Louise9 Capen, b. 5 Mar. 1879; m .
Blanchard. Ch.: 1. Wesley Ray Blanchard, 2. Bertha
Luella Blanchard.
1139. iv. George Otis9 Capen, b. 4 Nov. 1882.
Authority : Records made by George Otis Capen (1139) sent
by Mrs. Georgia C. Noyes (806).
810. Otis Stanley8 Capen (George O.,7 Joseph,6 Chris¬
topher,5 John,4 Preserved,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
in Providence, R. I., 1 August 1857 and died 26
May 1894. He married 24 May 1876 Maria Louise
Young, daughter of Solomon Young of Provi¬
dence, R. I.
Children:
1140. i. Edith May9 Capen, b. 24 Sept. 1877; m. Arthur L.
Matthewson. Ch. : 1. Gertrude May Matthewson, 2.
Louis Irving Matthewson.
1141. ii. Alice Stanley9 Capen, b. 29 Jan. 1880, m. 17 Jan.
1898 Arthur M. Adams. Ch. : Ethel Grace Adams.
Authorities : Records made by George Otis Capen (1139) sent
by Mrs. Georgia (Capen) Noyes (806), and Records from
Carrie B. Capen, of Howard, R. I. (811).
812. Orlando Edwin8 Capen (Dennison Dwight,7 Philip
Ruggles,6 Ephraim,5 John,4 Preserved,3 John,2
Bernard1 ) born Oconomowoc, Wis., 2 April 1852
(living 1928). He married Clinton, Iowa, 27 Nov.
1882 Nellie Marie O’Connor, who was born Dixon,
Ill., 23 April 1858 (living 1928).
Children:
1142. i. Ida Antoinette9 Capen, b. Cedar Rapids, Iowa., 29
Aug. 1883; m. Kansas City, Mo., 30 June 1909 Richard
B. Kirwan. Ch.: Helen Maria Kirwan, b. 28 Sept.
1910 at Kansas City, Mo.
The Capen Family
221
1143. ii. Lester Edwin9 Capen, b. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 29 Dec.
1884; m. Kansas City, Mo., 24 June 1908 Mae Cathern
Draney, b. Seneca, Kansas, 1 May 1886; dau. of
Michael William and Elizabeth (Moriarity) Draney.
Ch. born Kansas City, Mo.: 1. Glena Mae10 Capen, b.
28 Sept. 1913, 2. Robert Bernard10 Capen, b. 14 Dec.
1924.
1144. iii. Marvin John9 Capen, b. 25 May 1893; d. at 5 months.
1145. iv. Leo Jerome9 Capen, b. 25 M-ay 1893 Council Bluffs,
Iowa; m. 1 Jan. 1921 Gaynell Elizabeth Tyler, b.
Junction City, Kansas, dau. of Frank E. and Alice May
(Wescott) Tyler. Ch. : 1. Wilmia10 Capen, 2. Frank
Edwin10 Capen.
Authorities’. Records sent by 1143 and 1145; Family Bible.
814. Arthur John8 Capen (Dennison Dwight,7 Philip
Ruggles,6 Ephraim,5 John,4 Preserved,3 John,2
Bernard1) born Concord, Wis., 17 July 1854; died
8 Sept. 1913 in Perry, Iowa; married Minburn,
Iowa, 6 April 1881 Emma Fowler, b. 30 Dec. 1859
Washington Co., N. Y. She was daughter of Abel
and Marget Jane (Champnoy) Fowler.
Children:
1145a. i. Harry E.9 Capen, b. Concord, Wis., 28 Mar. 1882; m.
18 June 1922 Perry, Iowa, Mary Hubbs Taylor, b.
Perry, Iowa, 22 July 1884; dau. of Robert Clarence
and Galena Josephine (Hubbs) Taylor.
1145b. ii. Dora Wilma9 Capen, b. Perry, Iowa, 29 May 1890;
m. Perry, Iowa, 12 June 1912 Eric Conrad Pearson,
b. Ljusdahl, Sweden, 29 Aug. 1887. He was son of
Eric and Christina Pearson. Ch. : 1. Christina Em-
maline Pearson, b. Perry, Iowa, 26 Feb. 1913, 2. John
Eric Pearson, b. Perry, Iowa, 21 May 1915, 3. Harry
Conrad Pearson, b. Perry, Iowa, 27 Aug. 1917, 4. Paul
Guy Pearson, b. Lake Worth, Texas, 5 Dec. 1926.
Authority : Records from 1143.
222
The Capen Family
Ninth Generation
818. Alonzo9 Capen (Abraham,8 James,7 James,6 Sam¬
uel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Spencer 31 March 1822. He married Percy .
and lived in Peru, Vt.
Child:
1146. i. Adelaide Jenet10 Capen, b. 6 Jan. 1844; m. 12 Oct.
1862 Levi H.9 Adams, b. Spencer April 1836, son of
Levi8 and Betsey (Beers) Adams.
Authorities : Spencer Records 29; Adams History 808.
820. Abraham9 Capen (Abraham,8 James,7 James,6 Sam¬
uel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Spencer 20 Nov. 1825. He married 18 Sept. 1858
Sarah Louise Craig, b. 2 Feb. 1839, dau. of Nathan
and Dulcena (Huntington) Craig. They were liv¬
ing in Spencer in 1861.
Children :
1147. i. Wallace Abraham10 Capen, b. 2 July 1859.
1148. ii. Son10 Capen, b. 21 Mar. 1861.
Authorities : Spencer Records for Abraham’s birth; Hyde
Genealogy 289.
824. Susan Maria9 Capen (Abraham,8 James,7 James,6
Samuel/ Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Spencer 7 Feb. 1837. She married 28 Jan. 1861
Cheney Porter Prouty, who was born in Spencer
29 Jan. 1832. He was son of Harvey5 and Lydia
(Watson) Prouty (Nathan,4 Jacob,3 Isaac,2 Rich¬
ard1 Prouty).
Children :
i. Infant Prouty, b. 7 Oct. 1869; d. 8 Oct. 1869.
ii. Anita Lydia Prouty, b. 15 Oct. 1872; d. 28 Dec. 1874.
iii. Mabel R. Prouty, b. 22 Aug. 1875.
Authority : Prouty Genealogy 120.
The Capen Family
223
827. Lewis Edmund9 Capen (Col. Edmund,8 James,7
James,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Charlton 9 July 1829. He married 19 Nov.
1856 Sarah A. Darling of Charlton.
Children :
+1149. i. Arthur Lewis10 Capen, b. 20 Mar. 1858; m. 13 Dec.
1881 Nellie Jane Farrar of Charlton.
+1150. ii. Lillian Alice10 Capen, b. 18 May 1860; m. 30 Mar.
1886 Henry H. Dines.
1151. iii. Ethel Darling10 Capen, b. 26 Feb. 1876; m. 3 Feb.
1898 Edson F. Sauler. He died 27 July 1910.
Authority : Records from 1150 of Brattleboro, Vt.
830. William Edwin9 Capen (William,8 James,7 James,6
Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Spencer 17 Aug. 1837. He married in Spencer 5
June 1889 Caroline Chartres, who was born in
Chrysostome, P. Q., Canada. She was daughter of
William and Mary ( ) Chartres.
Children born in Spencer :
1152. i. Walter Edwin10 Capen, b. 7 May 1890.
1153. ii. Walton Oscar10 Capen, b. 7 May 1890.
1154. iii. Ralph Chartres10 Capen, b. 18 Sept. 1892.
Authority : Records from Mrs. Ellen (Capen) Green (833).
833. Ellen Maria9 Capen (William,8 James,7 James,6
Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Spencer 3 June 1846. She married in Worcester 9
March 1876 Ellis Myron Green, who was son of
Samuel and Emily ( ) Green.
Children :
i. William Capen Green, b. Worcester 12 Dec. 1877; d.
Santiago de Cuba 9 Aug. 1898 in the Spanish- Amer¬
ican War.
ii. Arthur Brigham Green, b. Marlboro 6 July 1881; d.
Spencer 28 June 1886.
Authority : Records from Mrs. Ellen (Capen) Green (833).
224
The Capen Family
849. Luman Hezekiah9 Capex (Cyrus,8 John,7 John,6
Samuel, J Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Warsaw, N. Y., 27 March 1830 and died in Short-
ville, N. Y., 5 Nov. 1866. He married in Union
Springs, N. Y., 18 Nov. 1856 Theresa L. Lowry.
Children born, first two in Bloomington, Ill.,
third in Union Springs, N. Y.:
1156. i. Cora Lowry10 Capen, b. 15 Oct. 1857; m. Union
Springs, N. Y., 15 Dec. 1881 Frank M. Truesdale,
who d. Union Springs, N. Y., 21 Aug. 1900. Ch. b.
Union Springs, N. Y. : 1. Bertha C. Truesdale, b. 30
July 1883; d. 14 Oct. 1883, 2. George Capen Trues¬
dale, b. 26 Oct. 1886, 3. Luman J. Truesdale, b. 24
May 1890.
1157. ii. Luman J.10 Capen, b. 17 Nov. 1861; d. Bloomington,
Ill., 12 Sept. 1862.
1158. iii. Maria Louise1' Capen, b. 1 Sept. 1864; m. Glenn Dou¬
glas Flinn 18 May 1887. Ch. b. Union Springs, N. Y.:
1. Marion James Flinn, b. 23 Nov. 1889, 2. Glenn
Capen Flinn, b. 6 Dec. 1892. 3. Edward Lowry
Flinn, b. 12 Jan. 1895, 4. Harry Clark Flinn, b. 23
Mar. 1896.
Authority : “Descendants of John Capen and Rhoda Thomp¬
son” by Charles L. Capen (855), Bloomington, Ill.
851. Samuel Shaw* Capex (Cyrus,8 John,7 John,6 Sam¬
uel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in War¬
saw, N. Y., 27 Nov. 1837. He married in Bloom¬
ington, Ill., 7 Sept. 1859 Louisa Babcock (Ida L.)
Fearing.
Children:
1159. i. Jesse McIntosh10 Capen, b. Santa Anna, Ill., 27 Feb.
1868; d. Winter Park, Fla., 5 Oct. 1887.
1160. ii. Samuel Jerome10 Capen, b. Farmer City, Ill., 14 June
1875; m. Bloomington, Ill., 29 Dec. 1898 Bernardine
Slattery. Residence Chicago, Ill.
Authority : Descendants of John and Rhoda (Thompson)
Capen by Charles L. Capen (855).
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225
853. Henry9 Capen ( Luman W.,8 John,7 John,6 Samuel,5
Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Seneca
Falls, N. Y., 29 Jan. 1832. He married in Bloom¬
ington, Ill., 20 April 1858 Henrietta Park Clark.
Children born in Decatur, Ill. :
1161. i. Frank Clark10 Capen, b. 7 Mar. 1865; m. Bloomington,
Ill., 7 Oct. 1890 May Johnsdn. Ch. : 1. Helen11 Capen,
b. Bloomington, Ill., 16 Jan. 1892.
1162. ii. Fred B.10 Capen, b. 31 Jan. 1867; m. Chicago, Ill., 26
Jan. 1892 Eda L. Maier. Ch. : 1. Henry Willis11
Capen, b. Bloomington, Ill., 1 Sept. 1900.
Authority : Descendants of John and Rhoda (Thompson)
Capen by Charles L. Capen (855).
855. Charles Laban9 Capex (Luman W., 8 John,7 John,6
Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Union Springs, N. Y., 31 Jan. 1845 (living 1926).
He married in Bloomington, Ill., 27 Oct. 1875
Ella Eugenia Briggs, who was born near Delavan,
Ill., 22 Dec. 1852 (living 1926). She is daughter
of Robert W. and Charlotte (Becker) Briggs of
Delavan and Pekin, Ill.
Children born in Bloomington, Ill. :
1163. i. Charlotte Briggs10 Capen, b. 24 Jan. 1878; m. Bloom¬
ington, Ill., 6 June 1903 Percy Bernard Eckhart of
Chicago, Ill. Ch.: 1. Eleanor Eckhart, b. Chicago, Ill.,
' 13 June 1904; m. Kenilworth, Ill., 12 Sept. 1925
Donald H. McLaughlin of Cambridge, Mass. Resi¬
dence, Cambridge, Mass. 2. Charlotte Capen Eckhart,
b. Edgewater, Ill., 14 Mar. 1906. 3. Marion West
Eckhart, b. Evanston, Ill., 6 June 1909. 4. Elizabeth
Eckhart, b. Evanston, Ill., 23 Oct. 1913.
1164. ii. Bernard Charles10 Capen, b. 11 May 1882; m. Mil¬
waukee, Wis., 28 Dec. 1903 Jane Lennox. Ch. : Charles
Laban11 Capen, b. 28 Dec. 1911; d. 29 Dec. 1911.
Residence 1926 Denver, Col.
Authority: Descendants of John and Rhoda (Thompson)
Capen, by Charles L. Capen (855), Bloomington, Ill., and later
records from 855.
226
The Capen Family
856. Harriet Eliza9 Capex (Luinan W.,8 John,7 John,6
Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Union Springs, N. Y., 10 Feb. 1846. She married
first, in Bloomington, Ill., 3 Oct. 1867 William H.
Allen.
Children born in Bloomington, Ill.:
i. Luman Davis Allen, b. 1 Feb. 1870; m. Aug. 1895 Eli¬
zabeth Rummell. Res. Chicago, Ill.
ii. Euoenia Allen, b. 1 1 Dec. 1877.
Harriet Eliza (Capen) Allen married secondly, in
Bloomington, Ill., 2 Sept. 1896 Joseph Townsend.
Authority i Descendants of John and Rhoda (Thompson)
Capen, by Charles L. Capen (855) of Bloomington, Ill.
857. Lilias Celixa9 Capex (Luman W.,8 John,7 John,6
Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Union Springs, N. Y., 1 June 1849. She married
in Bloomington, Ill., (8) 9 Dec. 1869 Theodore
Norman Howard, who was born Roseville, Ohio,
15 Mar. 1844 and died in Lafayette, Ind., 6 Nov.
1889. He was son of Frederick W. and Cynthia
(Copeland) Howard.
Children :
i. Clarence F. Howard, b. 26 Feb. 1871 ; d. 30 June 1871.
ii. Dana Hyde Howard, b. 27 Mar. 1872; m. 12 Dec. 1895
Elizabeth P. Martin. Res. Chicago, Ill.
iii. Mabel Howard, b. 8 Feb. 1878.
iv. Clara Eliza Howard, b. 24 Oct. 1879.
v. Frederick Seymour, b. 22 May 1881.
Authorities : Howard Genealogy by Herman Howard, 217;
Descendants of John and Rhoda (Thompson) Capen by
Charles L. Capen (855) of Bloomington, Ill.
858. James Seymour9 Capex (Luman W.,8 John,7 John,6
Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) horn in
Union Springs, N. Y., 18 Oct. 1852. He married
in Bloomington, Ill., 18 Jan. 1882 Laura Martha
Spence.
The Capen Family
227
Children :
1165. i. Louise10 Capen, b. Bloomington, Ill., 29 Oct. 1882.
1166. ii. Alene10 Capen, b. Winter Park, Fla., 10 Feb. 1891; d.
21 Oct. 1891.
Authority : Descendants of John and Rhoda (Thompson)
Capen, by Charles L. Capen (855) of Bloomington, Ill.
861. Frank Sumner9 Capen (John F.,8 John,7 John,6
Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
York, N. Y., 21 Dec. 1843 and died in Buffalo,
N. Y., 6 June 1900. He married 5 Feb. 1874
Louise M. Peck, who was born in Lisle, N. Y., 24
Feb. 1854.
1167. i.
1168. ii.
1169. iii.
1170. iv.
1171. v.
Children :
Frank S.10 Capen, b. Cortland, N. Y., 15 Apr. 1875; d.
there 1 June 1875.
Louise May10 Capen, b. Cortland, N. Y., 8 July 1880.
Donald Anderson10 Capen, b. Waterville, Me., 28 Oct.
1884.
Marjorie Squire10 Capen, b. Waterville, Me., 4 Apr.
1886.
Frances Sumner10 Capen, b. New Platz, N. Y., 30 Oct.
1894.
Authority : Descendants of John and Rhoda (Thompson)
Capen, by Charles L. Capen (855) of Bloomington, Ill.
863. George9 Capen (Dexter,8 Purchase,7 Purchase,6
Samuel,6 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
about 1828. He married in Palmer 31 Dec. 1849
Martha A. White.
Children :
1172. i. George10 Capen.
1173. ii. Annie10 Capen.
1174. iii. Charles10 Capen.
1175. iv. William10 Capen.
1176. v. Rufus10 Capen.
1177. vi. Another.
Authorities : Family Notes of Mrs. Hayden, dau. of 558; Pal¬
mer Records.
228
The Capen Family
877. Susan Theodosia9 Capen (Edmund,8 Edmund/
Purchase,6 Samuel,6 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Springfield 26 May 1856. She mar¬
ried 24 April 1873 Elbert M. Keyes.
Children born in Springfield:
i. Cora Keyes, b. 1873; d. y.
ii. Grace Ann Keyes, b. 24 Oct. 1874; d. y.
iii. Wilbur Leroy Keyes, b. 12 Aug. 1876; m. 8 July 1893
Cora Belle Williams. Ch. : Vera Pearle Keyes, b. 11
Nov. 1903.
iv. Elbert James Keyes, b. 6 Oct. 1879; m. 21 Mar. 1903
Lennie H. DeBos.
v. Edmund Capen Keyes, b. 29 Sept. 1880; m. 1 May
1903 Sophronia E. Stetson.
vi. Charles Keyes, b. 7 Dec. 1881; d. 17 June 1882.
vii. Homer Raymond Keyes, b. 12 Sept. 1884.
viii. Bertha Ellen Keyes, b. 22 Mar. 1886.
ix. Frederick Elias Keyes, b. 24 Feb. 1888.
x. Henry Keyes, b. 24 Aug. 1892; d. 30 Aug. 1892.
xi. Clifton Earle Keyes, b. 21 Apr. 1895.
Authorities: Records from 877; Fuller Genealogy 90.
887. Edgar Auburn9 Capen (Auburn P.,8 Sylvester/
Purchase,6 Samuel,6 Samuel,4 John, John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Belchertown 27 Feb. 1873. He mar¬
ried in Quincy, Ill., 6 Oct. 1908 Alberta Poole of
Quincy, Ill., who was born there 17 Feb. 1885.
She was daughter of Charles W. and Nellie
(Poole) Poole. Residence Cleveland, Ohio.
Child born in Quincy, Ill.:
1178. i. Harold Auburn10 Capen, b. 7 Oct. 1909.
Authority: Records from 887.
888. William H.9 Capen (John,9 Ebenezer/ Barnard/
John,6 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dorchester 14 July 1815 and died in 1890. He
married in Abington 23 March 1834 Abigail Elms
of Hanson.
The Capen Family
229
Children born in Abington:
1179. i. William Henry10 Capen, b. 4 Mar. 1837 (Abington
Records give mother’s name Mary, doubtless error) ;
m. Adeline Gannett, b. Abington 11 Sept. 1834, dau.
of Benoni Gannett (marriage based on gravestone
which calls him “husband of Adeline Gannett”).
1180. ii. Abby Ann Goddard10 Capen, b. 2 Mar. 1842.
1181. iii. Mary Stubbert10 Capen, b. 12 May 1848.
Authorities : Abington Records; Letters.
891. Samuel Goddard9 Capen (John,8 Ebenezer,7 Barn¬
ard,6 John,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
in South Abington 16 April 1824. He married in
Abington 23 June 1846 Harriet Atwood Bates who
was born 1823 and baptized 2 Sept. 1832. She was
daughter of Christopher and Polly (Howland)
Bates.
Child born in So. Abington:
1182. i. Samuel Goddard10 Capen, b. 1862.
Authorities : Records from F. E. Harris, son of 709; Abington
Vital Records.
893. Ebenezer9 Capen (Ebenezer,8 Ebenezer,7 Barnard,6
John,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Dorchester 12 Feb. 1809 and died in Fall River 11
Sept. 1884. He married first, Judith Bass Spear.
Children :
1183. i. Elisha Marsh10 Capen, b. Quincy 26 Apr. 1836; m.
Jennie LeValley. Ch. : Orlando11 Capen.
1184. ii. Abby M.10 Capen, b.
Ebenezer9 Capen married secondly, in Fall River 27
Oct. 1864 Catherine Sarah Fraser Hill, who was
born in New Glasgow, N. S., 15 July 1841. She
was daughter of Alexander and Christy Ann
(Fraser) Hill.
230
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Children born in F all River :
+1185. iii. Eben James10 Capen, b. 9 Oct. 1870; m. Florence Mabel
Coombs.
1186. iv. Ella Maria10 Capen, b. 20 Sept. 1874; m. Fall River,
27 June 1906 Daniel E. Whitehouse, b. Troy, Vt., 30
May 1875, son of Enos Brown and Mary Elizabeth
(Brown) Whitehouse. Ch. b. Fall River 15 June 1909
Edith Louise Whitehouse.
Authority : Records from widow of Ebenezer9 Capen (893).
895. Elizabeth Irene Preble9 Capen (Benjamin,8
Ebenezer,7 Barnard,6 John,6 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Dorchester 7 April 1828. She
married in Dorchester 4 Dec. 1848 William Spargo,
who was born in England.
Children;
i. Stephen Cushing Spargo, m. Ada Isabelle Kibble.
ii. Ida Thankful Spargo, m. George Lowell Parker. 2 ch.
iii. Charles Franklin Spargo, m. Mary Jane Gaskins.
iv. Albert Mudge Spargo, m. Fannie Pendleton.
v. Frederick Capen Spargo, b. 1867; m. Etta Baxter. 7 ch.
vi. William Alfred Spargo, b. 1869; m. Ruth Ellerene
Robie.
Authorities: Probably 900 and 901.
900. Asa Mehan9 Capen (Benjamin,8 Ebenezer,7 Barn¬
ard,6 John,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
in Dorchester 11 June 1840 and died in Winthrop
6 May 1928 at residence of his daughter. He mar¬
ried in Winthrop 22 Nov. 1866 Sarah Melinda
Floyd, who was born in Winthrop 16 May 1843
and died there 7 June 1908. She was daughter of
Philip Payson and Sallie Ann (Floyd) Floyd.
Asa M. Capen served four years in the Civil War
and was manv years connected with the Post Office
w w
of East Boston and Winthrop. He retired from
the Post Office in 1917.
The Capen Family
231
Children :
1187. i. Grace May10 Capen, b. 15 Sept. 1867; m. Seth Willard
Coy. Ch. : 1. Edward L. Coy, 2. Ralph W. Coy. Res.
1928, Winthrop.
1188. ii. Franklin Furber10 Capen, b. 16 Oct. 1876; m. Florence
May Martin. No ch.
1189. iii. Ernest Floyd10 Capen, b. 8 Jan. 1881; m. Grayce Lit¬
tlefield. Res. 1828, Somerville.
Authorities : Boston Directories, 1870, 1872, 1874-1898; Rec¬
ords from 900; Records from 1187.
901. Mary Staples9 Capen (Benjamin,8 Ebenezer/
Barnard,6 John,3 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Dorchester 21 March 1844. She married 4
June 1868 Rev. Charles Henry Ewer, who died 10
Oct. 1912. He was son of John and Rebecca
( ) Ewer.
Children :
i. Harold Burleigh Ewer, b. 12 Jan. 1870; d. same day.
ii. Harold Charles Ewer, b. 22 Dec. 1873; d. 30 Aug.
1911.
iii. Bernard Capen Ewer, b. 4 Oct. 1877. Ph. D. and
College Professor.
Authorities: Records from 900 and 901.
912. J. Cleveland9 Capen (Josiah,8 Josiah,7 Samuel,0
Josiah,6 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
in Hartford, Conn., 28 April 1843. He married 10
June 1873 Alice L. Burr, daughter of Martin and
Aurelia ( ) Burr of Bloomfield, Conn.
Children born, probably Hartford, Conn.:
1190. i. Lottie M.10 Capen, b. 24 Mar. 1876.
1191. ii. Robert S.10 Capen, b. 1 Feb. 1879.
1192. iii. George C.10 Capen, b. 4 Nov. 1886.
Authority: Records from 912.
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The Capen Family
922. Gertrude9 Capex (Charles H.,8 Josiah,7 Josiah/
Josiah,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
5 Jan. 1859. She married first, in Newton 20 Feb.
1879 George Abbott Mead, who was born in New¬
ton 30 March 1856. He was son of John and
Katherine ( ) Mead.
Children:
i. Abbott Capen Mead, b. 10 July 1880.
ii. Clifford Stickney Mead, b. 28 July 1886.
Gertrude (Capen) Mead married secondly, Dr.
Stower of Los Angeles, Calif.
Authority : Records from 921 in 1914.
923. Nellie Stickney9 Capex (Charles H.,8 Josiah,7
Josiah,6 Josiah,6 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born 4 July 1860. She married in Denver,
Col., 22 Feb. 1887 William Howard Taylor, who
was son of William and Lucy ( ) Taylor.
Children :
i. Louise Capen Taylor, b. Fort Collins, Col., 13 May
1888.
ii. Raymond Stickney Taylor, b. Denver, Col., 6 Aug.
1890.
Authority: Records from 921 in 1914.
925. Henry G.9 Capex (AJexander,8 Alexander,7 Ben¬
jamin,6 Josiah/’ Samuel,4 Samuel/ John,2 Bernard1)
born in Eastport, Me., 29 Oct. 1829. He married
in Eastport, Me., 31 July 1853 Mary Jane Mabee,
who died in Eastport, Me., 6 June 1894.
Children born in Eastport, Me.:
1193. i. Annie M.10 Capen, b. 3 Mar. 1857; m. Fred Fields.
Ch. : Anne Fields.
1194. ii. Nellie M.10 Capen, b. 1 May 1859; m. Henry Harring¬
ton. Ch.: 1. Ernest Harrington, 2. Walter Harring¬
ton.
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233
1195. iii. William K.10 Capen, b. 13 July 1863; d. Dawson, Klon¬
dike; m. Orpha Jollotta. Ch. : 1. Kenwood Chester11
Capen.
1196. iv. Harry L.10 Capen, b. 25 Sept. 1867; m. Mrs. Delia
Paston.
1197. v. Martha P.10 Capen, b. 25 July 1871; d. Robbinston,
Me., 1 Sept. 1907; m. Huber Parker.
1198. vi. Edgar L.10 Capen, b. 18 Aug. 1875; m. Maud .
Ch. : 1. Marjorie11 Capen, 2T. Ruth11 Capen.
Authority : Alexander Capen’s Family by Andrew T. Capen
(958) of Mattoon, Ill.
947. Benjamin Lincoln9 Capen (Edward,8 Alexander,7
Benjamin,6 Josiah,6 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Eastport, Me., 12 August 1833 and
died in Mattoon, Ill., 27 Nov. 1895. He married
24 June 1858 Mary O. Nicholl.
1199.
1200.
1201.
1202.
1203.
1204.
1205.
Children born in Mattoon, Ill. :
i. Clara Abba10 Capen, b. 2 Oct. 1860; m. 1st, 23 Oct.
1891 Charles Neel. Ch. : 1. Ray Neel, 2. Artie Neel,
both d. bef. 1915. She m. 2ndly, 2 May 1905 August
Stadlbauer. Res. Milwaukee, Wis.
ii. Arthur Byron10 Capen, b. 25 July 1862; d. New York
28 Oct. 1905; m. 1st, 23 Sept. 1889 Louisa G. Francis,
d. 8 May 1892; m. 2ndly, 30 Aug. 1895 Dora Harr.
iii. Emma Elsie10 Capen, b. 19 Nov. 1863; d. 5 Jan. 1866.
iv. Gilman Russell10 Capen, b. 9 May 1866; m. Mattoon,
Ill., 6 Feb. 1895 Alice Welch. Ch.: 1. William Lin¬
coln11 Capen, b. 15 Jan. 1896, 2. Benetta Louise11
Capen, b. 13 Apr. 1897, 3. Russell Edward11 Capen,
b. 9 Feb. 1899, 4. Frank Lorain11 Capen, b. 10 May
1903.
v. Ella Shaw10 Capen, b. 12 Jan. 1868; d. 9 Mar. 1889.
vi. Bert Lester10 Capen, b. 12 May 1876; d. 12 July 1876.
vii. Harry Lincoln10 Capen, b. 19 Sept. 1879; d. 16 Mar.
1903.
Authority: Alexander Capen’s Family by 958.
958. Andrew Tucker9 Capen (Benjamin,8 Alexander,7
Benjamin,6 Josiah,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Eastport, Me., 28 Feb. 1854. He
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married first, in Franklyn, N. Y., 7 Oct. 1883
Luella A. Moses, who died in Pulatka, Fla., 25
Jan. 1892. She was daughter of Rev. T. G. and
Ruth ( ) Moses.
He married secondly, 26 Aug. 1896 Alice Jennings,
residence 1928 Mattoon, Ill. Andrew Tucker
Capen is the author of the booklet “Alexander
Capen’s Family” which is the source of informa¬
tion regarding this family and without which the
line could not have been traced.
959. Benjamin Franklin9 Capen (Benjamin,8 Alex¬
ander,7 Benjamin,6 Josiah, 6 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Eastport, Me., 25 Dec. 1857;
residence, 1928, Springfield, Ill. He married in
Eastport, Me., 10 Dec. 1891 Amanda Melissa
Garnett, born in Lepreaux, N. B., 5 Oct. 1870,
daughter of Andrew Jackson and Margaret
(Boyne) Garnett.
Children horn in Eastport, Me., excepting three:
1206. i. Child10 Capen, b. 31 Oct. 1892; d. same day.
1207. ii. Child10 Capen, b. 31 Oct. 1892; d. 4 Nov. i892.
1208. iii. Charles Franklin10 Capen, b. 5 Jan. 1894; m. 19 Sept.
1919 in Mattoon, Ill., Lctitia Knoepfel, b. St. Louis,
Mo., 21 July 1900, dau. of Carl and Mary (Bopp)
Knoepfel. Ch.: Charles Franklin11 Capen, b. 1 June
1926.
1209. iv. Ralph Alexander10 Capen, b. 6 Nov. 1894; m. 10 Feb.
1926 in Springfield, Ill., Mary Ellen Green, b. Pawnee,
Ill., 23 July 1905, dau. of Peter and Mary (Kinne-
ally) Green. Ch.: Doris Ann11 Capen, b. 20 Jan. 1928.
1210. v. Martha Maroterite10 Capen, b. 25 Dec. 1896, in Booth-
bay Harbor, Me.; m. 30 Dec. 1920 in New Castle, Pa.,
George Frank Runkle, b. 17 Jan. 1875 in New Castle,
son of Frank Grant and Anna Belle (Riddle) Runkle.
Ch.: 1. George Frank Runkle, b. 6 Dec. 1921, 2. Mar¬
garet Ann Runkle, b. 8 Apr. 1924, 3. Benny Capen
Runkle, b. 2 June 1925.
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235
1211. vi. Alice Veronica10 Capen, b. 12 Nov. 1899; d. 17 Apr.
1901.
1212. vii. Gertrude Irene10 Capen, b. 16 May 1901; m. in East-
port, Me., 15 May 1823 Fay Blanchard Jenkins, b. 11
Apr. 1900 in Olney, Ill., son of Samuel Henry Blanch¬
ard and Nora (Gardner) Jenkins. Ch. : Donald
Eugene Jenkins, b. 24 Mar. 1927.
1213. viii. Clarence Andrew10 Capen, b. 27 Jan. 1904 in Pem¬
broke, Me.; d. 7 Apr. 1917 in Mattoon, Ill.
1214. ix. Lloyd Everett Raymond10 Capen, b. 31 Jan. 1909 in
Mattoon, Ill.
Authorities : Alexander Capen’s Family by 958; Records from
959.
960. Charles Elmer9 Capen (Benjamin,8 Alexander,7
Benjamin,6 Josiah,6 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Eastport, Me., 5 Sept. 1861. He mar¬
ried in Eastport, Me., Lillian M. Harrington, who
was born there 24 March 1865. She was daughter
of John B. and Annie A. (Capen) (929) Har¬
rington.
Children born in Eastport, Me.:
1215. i. Howard Benjamin10 Capen, b. 6 Dec. 1885.
1216. ii. Fred Alexander10 Capen, b. 12 April 1887.
1217. iii. Ralph10 Capen, b. 5 June 1889, d. 23 Mar. 1890.
1218. iv. Oscar Elmer10 Capen, b. 22 Apr. 1891.
1219. v. Ada Sargent10 Capen, b. 3 Aug. 1892.
1220. vi. Arthur Russell10 Capen, b. 28 Mar. 1895.
1221. vii. Charles Donald10 Capen, b. 18 Sept. 1900.
Authority : Alexander Capen’s Family by 958.
961. Everett Lincoln9 Capen (Benjamin,8 Alexander,7
Benjamin,6 Josiah,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born 19 Dec. 1864 in Eastport, Me. He mar¬
ried Laura Jolotta.
Children born in Eastport, Me.:
1222. i. Lola Eugene10 Capen, b. 28 May 1892.
1223. ii. Edith May10 Capen, b. 1 Feb. 1895.
1224. iii. Irma Louise10 Capen, b. 4 Oct. 1898.
Authority: Alexander Capen’s Family by 958.
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966. John Edwin9 Capen (John,8 John,7 John,6 Jona¬
than.0 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Stoughton 20 Nov. 1848 and died 8 Feb. 1912.
He married 8 Jan. 1885 Mrs. Carrie (Barnes)
Haxton, who died 12 May 1922. She was daughter
of Joseph C. and Catherine (Sexton) Barnes.
Children :
1225. i. Ruth Hall10 Capen, b. 11 Apr. 1886; m. 20 Oct. 1909,
by Rev. A. L. Bean, Charles Nathan Mitchell. Res.
North Scituate.
1226. ii. Edith Louise10 Capen, b. 5 July 1888, living 1928, has
an adopted dau. named Ruth Elizabeth Capen.
1227. iii. John Edwin10 Capen, b. 29 Dec. 1890; d. 3 Jan. 1891.
1228. iv. John Harold10 Capen, b. 14 July 1892 in Stoughton; m.
in Stoughton 12 Apr. 1919 Corinne G. Johnson, b. 20
Nov. 1890. She was dau. of Thomas and Helene
(Meunier) Johnson. Ch. b. in Stoughton: 1. Melba
Corinne11 Capen.
Authority : Records sent from Stoughton by 995.
967. Punney Brett9 Capen (John,8 John,7 John,6 Jona¬
than,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
17 March 1851 and died 19 Feb. 1905. He married
12 April 1880 Julia F. Bacon of Kensington,
Conn., who died 27 April 1906.
Child :
1229. i. Amy Elizabeth10 Capen, m. Frank A. Hooper. Res.
Brewster.
Authority: Records from 995.
968. Fannie Bishop9 Capen (John,9 John,7 John,6 Jona¬
than,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
23 May 1853 and died in Portland, Oregon, Sept.
1926. She married Rev. Justus H. Nelson.
Children:
i. William Taylor Nelson.
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237
ii. Dr. Luther Townsend Nelson, m. Beatrice Gair. He
was a great traveler and was physician for Harvard
men on an exploring expedition to South America.
Ch.: Ruth Beatrice Nelson, b. Portland, Ore.
iii. Sarah Louise Nelson.
iv. Bessie A. Nelson.
Authority : Records from 995.
970. Wilbur Lee9 Capen (John,8 John,7 John,6 Jona¬
than,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
20 Feb. 1857. He married Etta Goldthwaite, an
adopted child. She died in Stoughton 29 Jan. 1918
and he died there 21 June 1923.
Children :
1230. i. Bessie Brett1u Capen, b. 30 May 1882; m. 1st, 12 Aug.
1899 Albert Sumner Dickerman, who d. 1914, son of
John Quincy and Adeline (French) Dickerman. Ch. : 1.
Stanley Brett Dickerman, b. 12 Feb. 1900, 2. Gertrude
Louise Dickerman, b. 13 Nov. 1903, 3. Mildred Dick¬
erman, b. 4 Aug. 1907; d. 13 Sept. 1907. She m.
2ndly, 6 Apr. 1922 F. Lester.
1231. ii. Wilbur Lee10 Capen, b. 6 June 1890; d. 15 Nov. 1890.
1232. iii. Fannie Gertrude10 Capen, b. 7 June 1897; m. 1st, 16
Sept. 1916 Robert C. Cushing; m. 2ndly, 10 Jan. 1922
Harold L. Mingo.
Authority: Stoughton Records sent by 995.
971. Nathan Sidney9 Capen (Nathan,8 Nathan,7 John,6
Jonathan,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Goshen, Vt., 27 May 1840 and died in
Brandon, Vt., 7 Feb. 1908. He married in Bran¬
don, Vt., 29 Sept. 1869 Maria A. Severy, who was
born in Vt., 26 Aug. 1853. She was daughter of
William W. and Elizabeth (Wetmore) Severy.
Child:
i. Nathan Lee10 Capen, b. Brandon, Vt., 29 Sept. 1873;
m. in Granville, N. Y., 15 Jan. 1909 Mabel Woodin.
Ch. b. Bowling Green, Ohio.: 1. Ellsworth Woodin11
238
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Capen, b. 29 May 1909, 2. Harold Severy10 Capen
and 3. Elizabeth May10 Capen, twins, b. 24 June 1911.
Authorities: Stoughton Records sent by 995; Records from
Mrs. Maria (Severy) Capen, widow of 971; Records from C.
R. Ford Capen (973) of Goshen, Vt.
972. Ida9 Capen (Nathan,8 Nathan,7 John,6 Jonathan,6
Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Goshen, Vt., 17 June 1848. She married in Goshen,
Vt., 14 March 1872 Elmer Miller King, who was
born in Salisbury, Vt., 14 Aug. 1847 and died in
Brandon, Vt., 6 July 1881. He was son of Daniel
and Lucy (Booth) King.
Children, first two born Goshen, Vt., third,
Brandon, Vt. :
i. Mabel Rebecca Kino, b. 29 Mar. 1873; m. Granville,
N. Y., Sept. 1890 B. M. Bowler. 9 ch.
ii. Mary Elizabeth Kino, b. 18 Oct. 1874; m. Brandon,
Vt., 8 Sept. 1897 F. W. Blackburn. 4 ch.
iii. Nathan Capen Kino, b. 6 Nov. 1878; d. 16 Dec. 1882.
Authority : Records from Ida (Capen) King (972).
973. Cornelius Ransom Ford9 Capen (Nathan,8 Na¬
than,7 John/ Jonathan/ Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,1
Bernard1) born in Goshen, Vt., 2 Oct. 1856. He
married 17 Sept. 1879 Ida Ann Severy, who was
born in Chittenden, Vt., 24 July 1857. She was
daughter of William W. and Elizabeth (Wet-
more ) Severy.
Children born in Goshen, Vt.:
1234. i. Amy Lenora10 Capen, b. 27 June 1880. Res. Pitts¬
burgh, Pa.
1285. ii. Nathan10 Capen, b. 16 June 1888.
1236. iii. John10 Capen, b. 14 Dec. 1890.
1287. iv. Charles Raymond10 Capen, b. 21 Aug. 1898.
Authority: Records from Amy L. Capen (1234).
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239
987. Ellery9 Capen (George,8 George,7 John,6 Jona¬
than,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
23 Sept. 1842 and died in Willamette, Ore., 6 June
1911. He married 11 May 1862 Henrietta Leigh¬
ton, who was born in Uxbridge 1 Nov. 1843, and
died in Willamette, Ore., 29 Jan. 1911. She was
daughter of George E. R. and Sarah ( )
Leighton.
Children :
1238. i.
+1239.
1240.
+1241.
1242.
+1243.
1243a.
1244.
Edith Augusta10 Capen, b. Stoughton 23 Oct. 1864; m.
Herman Schade, b. 2 July 1865. Ch. : 1. Martin Her¬
man Schade, b. 28 Mar. 1894, 2. Walter Bradford
Schade, b. 4 June 1899, 3. Edith Leighton Schade, b.
27 June 1905, d. y.
Frank10 Capen, b. Stoughton 8 May 1867; m. 1st, Ida
Gove; m. 2ndly, Hattie Vick.
Mirria Gay10 Capen, b. Stoughton 24 Sept. 1869; m.
Frank G. Smith. Ch.: 1. Helen Smith, 2. Mabel
Smith, 3. Ellery Capen Smith. Ch. : (a) son.
George Ellery10 Capen, b. Stoughton 21 or 22 Jan.
1872, m. Kate Sattler.
Grace Leighton10 Capen, b. Wakefield Mar. 1875; d.
there Apr. 1875.
Edwin Webster10 Capen, b. Portland, Ore., 30 May
1880; m. Lydia M. Spalinger, b. 5 May 1884.
Lucy Anna10 Capen, b. Portland, Ore., 23 July 1883;
d. there 4 Sept. 1883.
viii. Bessie Juliet10 Capen, b. Portland, Ore., 23 Aug. 1884;
m. 1st, 22 Oct. 1908 William Archibald Ross, b. In¬
diana 27 Nov. 1881, son of Jack and Martha ( )
Ross. He d. 12 May 1917. Ch. : 1. Kenneth Leighton
Ross, 2. Elizabeth Ann Ross.
She m. 2ndly, 10 Aug. 1920 Vernon E. Swift, son of
Hiram and Sarah Jane (Paige) Swift.
Authority : Stoughton Records sent by 995.
li.
ill.
IV.
v.
vi.
Vll.
988. Eliza9 Capen (George,8 George,7 John,6 Jonathan,6
Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born 27
March 1844. She married 31 March 1864 Dexter
Marion Lowe, who was born in Bucksfield, Me., 20
240
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Oct. 1837 and died in Stoughton 13 Jan. 1894. He
was son of Ephraim and Maria (Seabury) Lowe.
Children: *
i. Rupert Fay Lowe, b. near Madison, Iowa, 2 Feb. 1869;
d. Stoughton 26 June 1875.
ii. Corydon Capen Lowe, b. Madison, Iowa, 11 Apr. 1872;
m. 8 Oct. 1912 Domitila Read, dau. of Larkin G. and
Theodorita (Martinez) Read. Ch. : 1. Larkin Corydon
Lowe, b. 30 July 1913, 2. Mary Eliza Lowe, b. 1914.
iii. Emma Alice Lowe, b. Stoughton 15 Nov. 1876; m.
Stoughton 29 Apr. 1896 Walter George Pratt, b. 7
Sept. 1873, son of George W. and Clara Isabel
(Pierce) Pratt. Ch.: 1. Marian Eliza Pratt, b. 15
Mar. 1900, 2. Forrest Clark Pratt, b. 26 June 1903.
Authority: Records sent by Mattie B. Capen (995) of
Stoughton.
992. Lauretta Maria9 Capen (George,8 George,7 John,6
Jonathan,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born 10 Oct. 1854. She married Frank Elton
Davenport, who was born 17 April 1849. He was
son of Jesse (of Canton) and Almira (Hill) (of
Norton) Davenport.
Child born in Stoughton:
i. Cora Bradford Davenport, b. 29 Jan. 1875; m. 10
Mar. 1898 Frank Andrew Capen (1014). Ch.: 1.
Gertrude Mae Capen, b. 18 Mar. 1903, 2. Vernon
Talbot Capen, b. 17 Nov. 1906.
Authority: Records from Mattie B. Capen (995) of Stoughton.
997. Ella Eudora9 Capen (Alden,8 George,7 John,6
Jonathan,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Stoughton 15 Dec. 1852 and died there 23
Dec. 1908. She was married in Stoughton by Rev.
Thomas Wilson, 28 Feb. 1872 to Frederick Rus¬
sell, who was born in Canton 7 Sept. 1845 and died
in Stoughton Dec. 1908. He was son of George
and Martha (Tilden) Russell.
The Capen Family
241
Children born in Stoughton:
i. Willie L. Russell, b. 9 June 1875; m. 17 Aug. 1895
Margaret Ellen Bete, b. 24 Aug. 1875 in Eng., dau. of
William W. and Rosene (Hassall) Bete. Ch. : 1.
Clarence Edward Russell, b. 19 Sept. 1896, 2. Law¬
rence Eugene Russell, b. 4 Nov. 1899, 3. Charles
Alden Russell, b. 18 Nov. 1902, 4. Elsie Beatrice
Russell, b. 1 Dec. 1904.
ii. Eva F. Russell, b. 2 Nov. 1878; m. 6 Oct. 1895 Harry
C. Churchill, who d. 14 Oct. 1911, son of Clement C.
and Mary Eliza (Pond) Churchill. Ch.: 1. Fred
Clement Churchill, born 7 Dec. 1895, 2. Florence Mar¬
ion Churchill, b. 15 Apr. 1897; m. Joseph Collier. Ch. :
(a) Francis Joseph Collier, b. 7 Feb. 1915, 3. Forrest
Leslie Churchill, b. 4 Dec. 1899.
iii. Minnie Alice Russell, b. 22 May 1881.
Authority : Unknown, perhaps, Mattie B. Capen (995) of
Stoughton.
999. Annie Florence9 Capen (Alden,8 George,7 John,6
Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Stoughton 14 April 1861. She married
first 22 Oct. 1881 Frederick Stevens, who died 6
Nov. 1883.
Child:
i. Hattie Elise Stevens, b. 8 Apr. 1882; d. 8 Aug. 1882.
Annie (Capen) Stevens married secondly, 15 Dec.
1887 Worcester B. Skinner, who was born in Pot-
ton, Prov. of Quebec, 25 Jan. 1847 and died in
Stoughton 4 Feb. 1913. He was son of Josiah and
Clarissa (Bailey) Skinner of Potton, P. Q.
Authority: Records sent by Mattie B. Capen (995) of
Stoughton.
1000. Heber L.9 Capen (Alden,8 George,7 John,6 Jona¬
than,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1) born
in Stoughton 21 May 1864. He married 7 Oct.
1886 Emma A. Dimock, who was born 9 Feb.
1861 at River Philip, Nova Scotia. She was
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daughter of David (Daniel) and Bessie ( )
Dimock.
Children:
1245. i. Wendell Alden10 Capen, b. 9 Aug. 1887; m. 14 Aug.
1917 Amey Hoffsess, dau. of Charles Edwin and
Lizzie (Chessman) Hoffsess. Charles E. Hoffsess
was b. Maine and Lizzie Chessman was b. Wey¬
mouth. Ch.: 1. Sarah Althea11 Capen, b. 19 Mar.
1918, d. 22 Mar. 1918, 2. Alden Lawrence11 Capen,
b. 19 Feb. 1922.
Authority : Stoughton Records sent by 995.
1005. Mabelle Webster9 Capen (Hiram,8 George,7
John,6 Jonathan,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born 4 August 1859. She married
Frank LeRoy Austin.
Children:
i. Willie E. Austin, b . ; d. 26 Aug. 1875 “aet
2 mos. 25 ds.”
ii. James L. Austin, b. 26 Apr. 1877; m. 14 Nov. 1901
Fannie L. Reynolds of Brockton, dau. of Orin S. and
Mary Abbie (Keene) Reynolds. She d. 30 Sept.
1902. He m. 2ndly, 1 Jan. 1908 Mrs. Margaret
Mae (Wallace) Hewson, b. 31 Jan. 1878. Ch.: 1.
James W. Austin, b. 22 Jan. 1909.
iii. Minnie Belle Austin, b. 19 Feb. 1881; m. 27 Nov.
1905 Lester E. B. Ravmond, son of Frank and Ella
(Burnham) Raymond. Ch. : 1. Winslow Burnham
Raymond.
iv. Ethel Marie Austin, b. 12 Jan. 1884; m. 7 Nov. 1904
Burton L. Kerwin, son of Albert and Josephine
( ) Kerwin. Ch.: 1. Burton Lawrence
Kerwin, b. 2 Dec. 1906.
Authority: Records from Mattie B. Capen (995) of Stoughton.
1013. Fred Gray9 Capen (Isaac,8 George,7 John,6 Jona¬
than,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,* Bernard1) born
in Stoughton 14 April 1872. He married 3 June
1896 Minnie F. Hayden, daughter of George and
Abigail Bradford (Keene) Hayden.
The Capen Family
243
Child born in Stoughton:
1246. i. Bernard H.10 Capen, b. 30 Oct. 1897; m. 12 Apr. 1926
Lester Fiddler, of Penna. Res. Wollaston.
Authorities'. Stoughton Records sent by 995; Records from
1013.
1014. Frank Andrew9 Capen (Isaac,8 George,7 John,6
Jonathan,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Stoughton 26 July 1875. He married first,
10 March 1898 Cora Bradford Davenport, daugh¬
ter of Frank E. and Lauretta Maria (Capen)
(992) Davenport. She was born 29 Jan. 1875.
Children :
1247. i. Gertrude Mae10 Capen, b. 18 Mar. 1903; m. 24 May
1923 Charles A. Russell, b. 18 Nov. 1902, son of
W. L. and Margaret Ellen (Bate) Russell.
1248. ii. Vernon Talbot10 Capen, b. 17 Nov. 1906.
He married secondly, July 1914 Florence M. Porter
of Middleboro, daughter of Clarence and
( ) (Brannigan) Porter.
Authority : Stoughton Records sent by 995.
1015. Morton Almon9 Capen (Isaac,8 George,7 John,6
Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Stoughton 7 Oct. 1879. He married first,
29 March 1899 Emma F. Brown. He married
secondly, 26 April 1905 Abbie Rowena Clapp,
who was born 2 May 1885. She was daughter of
Elroy Ellsworth and Bethania Emily (Stebbins)
Clapp.
Children:
1249. i. Leona Marjorie10 Capen, b. 8 Feb. 1906.
1250. ii. Oliver Drake10 Capen, b. 12 Sept. 1907; d. same day.
1251. iii. Gordon Almon10 Capen, b. 25 Apr. 1913; d. 14 or 19
Apr. 1914.
1251a. iv. Robert Edward10 Capen, b. Oct. 1927.
Authority'. Stoughton Records sent by 995.
244
The Capen Family
1025. Wallace Putnam9 Capen (Joel T.,8 Samuel/
Elisha,6 Samuel,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born 5 July 1864. He married 12 Oct. 1887
Susan Myrtella Wentworth, daughter of Horace
T. and Susan M. (Tucker) Wentworth. She was
born 14 Sept. 1868. They went to Wilmington,
Vt., in 1910.
Children :
1252. i. Elsie May10 Capen, b. 4 June 1889; m. 24 Nov. 1909
Lawrence B. Copeland, son of Cyrus T. and Adeline
(Bird) Copeland. Ch. : 1. Eleanor Dorothy Cope¬
land, b. 27 Mar. 1911, 2. Elsie Rosamond Copeland,
b. 2 Dec. 1912; d. 29 Dec. 1912.
1253. ii. Roy Wentworth10 Capen, b. 22 May 1893.
1254. iii. Lottie Mildred10 Capen, b. 8 Mar. 1898; m. 8 Mar.
1914 Henry Ray Bickford, son of Albert G. and
Mary (Ray) Bickford. Ch. : 1. Wallace Albert Bick¬
ford, b. 1915.
1255. iv. Ralph Putnam10 Capen, b. 22 Aug. 1908; m. Feb.
1928 Emma Crawford of Wilmington, Vt.
Authority: Unknown, partly 995.
1031. Charles Henry9 Capen (James,8 James/ James/
Edward,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Gardner, Me., 7 Oct. 1857 and died in
Portland, Me., 13 Dec. 1912. He married in
Gardner, Me., 27 Oct. 1881 Harriet Almira
Robinson, who was born in Gardner, Me., 12
March 1855. She was daughter of James Madison
and Sarah Ann (Goodwin) Robinson.
Children:
1256. i. Etta Jeannette10 Capen, b. Gardner, Me., 21 July
1882.
1257. ii. Minnie Althea10 Capen, b. So. Gardner, Me., 18 Oct.
1887.
Authorities : Vital Records Gardner, Me.; Records from wife
of 1031.
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245
1032. Rodney Bernard9 Capen (Samuel,8 Samuel,7
James,6 Edward,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Stoughton 27 Aug. 1848 and
died in Augusta, Me., 25 March 1894. He mar¬
ried in Stoughton 12 June 1870 Jane Elizabeth
Holmes, who was born 25 Jan. 1843. She was
daughter of Elisha and Martha Washington
(Richardson) Holmes. She died in Portland,
Me., 20 Feb. 1916. Her grave is in Augusta, Me.
Children born in Augusta, Me.:
1258. i. Bertha Frances10 Capen, b. 6 June 1873; m. Augusta,
Me., 30 June 1896 Rev. Arthur Gooding Pettingill,
who was b. Brewer, Me., 30 Oct. 1858. He was a
Unitarian minister in Hyde Park. Ch. : 1. Miriam
Pettingill, b. Hyde Park 14 May 1897, and others.
1259. ii. Bernard Winslow10 Capen, b. 12 Mar. 1881; m. 10
Oct. 1911 Elizabeth Alice Green of Warwick, R. I.
Res., 1916, Omaha, Nebr.
Authorities : Holmes Genealogy, 156; Notes from son of 709.
1035. Charles Danforth9 Capen (Samuel,8 Samuel,7
James,6 Edward,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born 2 April 1854. He married 23
August 1876 Sarah Lizzie Cook, who was daugh¬
ter of Josiah D. and Eliza A. (Freeman) Cook
of Provincetown.
Children:
1260. i.
1261. ii.
1262. iii.
1263. iv.
1264. v.
1265. vi.
Samuel Rodney10 Capen, b. 10 May 1877; d. same day.
Lena Danforth10 Capen, b. 17 Sept. 1878; d. 18
Nov. 1878, grave in Quincy.
Charles Danforth10 Capen, b. 28 Mar. 1887; d. 31
Mar. 1887.
Daughter10 Capen, b. Murray Hill, Me., 30 July 1888;
d. 1 Aug. 1888.
Rachel10 Capen, b. E. Boothbay, Me., 19 July 1890;
m. 5 Oct. 1914 in Boothbay, Me., George I. Hodg-
don.
Ruth10 Capen, b. Stoughton Dec. 1895.
Authority. Stoughton Records from 995.
246
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1038. Edward Forrest9 Capen (James,8 Samuel,7 James,6
Edward,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born 27 Jan. 1849. He married 31 July 1875
Laura Augusta Jones. She was daughter of Jef¬
ferson and Letitia (Gay) Jones. He died 15
Dec. 1926 in Stoughton.
Children :
•
1266. i. Maud Lamont10 Capen, b. 26 Apr. 1876.
1267. ii. Channing Forrest10 Capen, b. 11 Oct. 1880.
1268. iii. Edward Winslow10 Capen, b. 17 May 1892; m. 1 July
1913 Edith Virginia Brown, b. Alexandria, Va. She
was dau. of . and Letitia (Locke) Brown.
Ch.: 1. Edward Balfour11 Capen, b. 28 Nov. 1917,
2. Richard Winslow11 Capen, b. 28 May 1920. Res.
Watertown.
Authority : Unknown; partly from 995.
1047. Rosella Platts9 Capen (Alexander P.,8 James/
James,6 James,5 James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born in Brattleboro, Vt., 11 Oct. 1846. She mar¬
ried there 4 Oct. 1866 Emerson E. Flagg, who
was born in Orange 2 Nov. 1840 and died 6 Apr.
1914.
Children born in Brattleboro, Vt.;
i. Minnie Lois Flagg, b. 14 July 1867; m. 6 Nov. 1914
Leon I. Leader.
ii. Emerson Edward Flagg, b. 9 Aug. 1873; m. Clara
Powers.
iii. Frank Alexander Flagg, b. 1 Dec. 1879; m. 11 June
1906 Mae M. Baine. Ch.: 1. Edward Capen Flagg,
b. 18 April 1907.
Authority : Records from Rosella (Capen) Flagg (1047).
1049. Welcome Ithiel9 Capen (James H.,8 James,7
James,6 James,5 James,4 James/ John/ Bernard1)
born in Brattleboro, Vt., 25 July 1854 and died
in Mt. Vernon, N. Y., 16 April 1919. He mar¬
ried in Baltimore, Md., 1 Oct. 1874 Arietta
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Rogers. He died Mt. Vernon, N. Y., 16 April
1919.
Child:
1269. i. Roger I.10 Capen.
Authorities: Records from 1047 in 1918; Newspaper clipping
of death notice.
1050. Moritz Pellerin9 Capen (James H.,8 James,7
James,6 James,6 James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1)
born 30 July 1864. He married 2 Oct. 1900 Mrs.
Sarah Goodell (Sawyer) Pellerin, daughter of
Edwin and Sarepta ( ) Sawyer of
Brattleboro, Vt.
Children :
1270. i. Alma Ruth10 Capen, b. Jacksonville, Fla., 28 Feb.
1902.
1271. ii. Louise Lillian10 Capen, b. Brattleboro, Vt., 19 Sept.
1906.
Authority : No. 1047 in 1918.
1059. Nathaniel Henry E.9 Capen (Ebenezer,8
Thomas,7 James,6 James,5 James,4 James,3 John,2
Bernard1). His birth was reported from Stewarts-
town, N. H., 14 May 1829 and he died in Concord,
N. H., 26 Nov. 1910. The death record says he
was born in Concord, N. H., but the age at death
agrees with birth record in Stewartstown, N. H.
The death record says he was son of “Ebenezer.”
He married in Concord, N. H., 27 Dec. 1853
Charlotte Garland, who was born in Topsdam,
Vt., 28 Sept. 1833 and died in Concord, N. H.,
19 May 1911. She was daughter of Amos and
Betsey (Parker) Garland of Topsdam, Vt. He
was always called “Henry E. Capen” except in
his birth record. At the time of his marriage, his
residence was Billerica.
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1272. i.
1273. ii.
Children :
William Alfred10 Capen, b. 1862; m. first, Concord,
N. H., 29 Mar. 1888 Mary Frances Cutting, b.
Concord, N. H., 1858 and d. there 25 Mar. 1913,
“aged 56 yrs., 2 mos., 27 dys.” The marriage record
says he was b. in Richmond, Va. She was dau. of
Asa S. and Mary Jane ( ) Cutting. He m.
2ndly, Concord, N. H., 28 Nov. 1914 Mrs. Jennie
Selina (Hapgood) Young, b. Prince Edward Island
about 1866 (48 at time of m. in 1914, he was 52
in 1914) dau. of William and Amelia (Watson)
Hapgood.
Eddie R.10 Capen, b. Concord, N. H., 20 Mar. 1871;
d. Concord, N. H., 2 Oct. 1879, aged 8 yrs., 6 mos.,
12 dys.
Perhaps others.
Authority: Dept. Vital Statistics of New Hamp.
1085. Edward Henry9 Capen (Charles,8 William,7
William,6 James,5 James,4 James,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Portland, Me., 5 Sept. 1835 and died
there 26 Jan. 1909. He married in Portland, Me.,
26 Apr. 1860 Sarah Ann Mulvey, who was born in
St. Stephen, N. B. She was daughter of Richard
and Phebe (Sands) Mulvey.
Children born in Portland, Me.:
1274. i. Edith10 Capen, b. 26 Oct. 1869; d. Portland, Me., 16
Jan. 1925.
Mary Ida10 Capen, b. 28 Jan. 1872; m. 19 Oct. 1906
Joseph Curran.
Nellie F.10 Capen, b . ; m. Walter F. Libby.
William Edward10 Capen, b. 20 Aug. 1875, um.
Marshall10 Capen, b. 6 Mar. 1878; d. 1 1 Apr. 1898.
Daughter, died in infancy.
Daughter, died in infancy.
1275. ii.
1276. iii.
1277. iv.
1278. v.
1279. vi.
1280. vii.
Authorities: Notes sent by William Edward Capen 1291;
Death notice of 1274; 1099.
1093. Florence Isabel9 Capen (Henry T.,8 William,7
Dea. William,6 James,5 James,4 James,3 John,*
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Bernard1) born 1 Mar. 1844 and died Feb. 1891
She m. in 1862 Rev. John Armitage Staunton,
who was born 28 July 1838. He was son of Rev.
William and Eliza Ann (Field) Staunton. He
was graduated at Hobart College, was pastor of
St. Peters Church, N. Y. City, of Trinity Church,
Syracuse, N. Y., and other churches.
Children :
i. John A. Staunton, b. Adrian, Mich., 14 April 1864.
Res. Springfield.
ii. Henry Capen Staunton, b. Skeneateles, N. Y., 10
Dec. 1877. Res. N. Y. City.
iii. Florence Isabel Staunton, b. Watertown, N. Y., 2
Sept. 1879. Res. Syracuse, N. Y.
Authorities : Records from Harriet E. Capen (1089); from
Stewart L. Woodford, husband of 1092, sent through 1099;
Field Genealogy 533.
1095. Rev. Edward Augustus9 Capen (Edward W.,8
Edward G.,7 Dea. William,6 James,6 James,4
James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Boston 19 Mar.
1844 and died in North Tonawanda, N. Y., 4
Feb. 1905. He married in Galesburg (Ill.?), 9
May 1871 Helen Maria Thomas who was born
in Lansdowne, Pa., 6 Feb. 1850 and died in North
Tonawanda, N. Y., 30 August 1903. She was
daughter of Edward Fitch and Frances Adaline
(Shedd) Thomas.
Children born at Wollaston:
+1281. i. Rev. Randall Thomas10 Capen, b. 26 July 1872; m.
twice; res. Swatow, China.
1282. ii. Edward William10 Capen, b. 10 Feb. 1875; m. Elmira,
N. Y., 30 Jan. 1902 Lois Gertrude Fitch, dau. of
William Austin and Eleanor Thayer (Perry) Fitch,
b. Elmira, N. Y., 28 July 1877. Ch. b. Wollaston:
l. Edward William11 Capen, b. 18 Feb. 1904.
1283. iii. Lucretia Augusta Marston10 Capen, b. 16 Mar. 1876;
m. North Tonawanda, N. Y., 9 May 1902 Tilden
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Grafton Abbott, Jr., b. Watertown 1 Oct. 1877, son
of Tilden Grafton and Henrietta Jacobs (Winn)
Abbott. Ch. b. Wollaston: 1. Capen Abbott, b. 25
Nov. 1903. She d. Montclair, N. J., 29 Dec. 1909.
Authorities: Brewster Genealogy II, 1091; Descendants of
Francis LeBaron, 338.
1096. William Henry9 Capen (Edward W.,8 Edward
G.,7 William,6 James,6 James,4 James,3 John,*
Bernard1) born in Boston 11 July 1853 and died
in Newton 4 March 1889. He married in Water-
town 5 June 1884 Hattie Ellen Wiswall, who was
born 18 June 1858. She was daughter of Henry
Marston and Harriet W. (Learned) Wiswall.
Children born in Newton:
1284. i. William Henry10 Capen, b. 13 Aug. 1890; m. Newton,
Oct. 1915 Julia Raymond Schwartz, dau. of Mrs.
John Barnes Schwartz.
1285. ii. Marjorie Helen10 Capen, b. 9 Jan. 1899.
Authority: Unknown.
1127. Charles Alfred9 Capen (Charles H.,8 Chris¬
topher,7 Joseph,6 Christopher,5 John,4 Preserved,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Bridgeport, Conn., 12
Oct. 1868; m. New York City, 8 Nov. 1900 Etta
M. Davis, who was born New York City. She
was daughter of Edward W. and Anna (At¬
wood) Davis.
Children :
1286. i. Charles Alfred10 Capen, b. 23 Oct. 1902.
1287. ii. Anna Davis10 Capen, b. 12 Dec. 1906.
Authority: Notes from Fred M. Capen (1128).
Tenth Generation
1149. Arthur Lewis10 Capen (Lewis E.,9 Col. Edmund,8
James,7 James,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,*
Bernard1) born in Charlton 20 March 1858. He
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married 13 Dec. 1881 Nellie Jane Farrar of
Charlton.
Children:
1288. i. Ida Lillian11 Capen, b. 20 Feb. 1883.
1289. ii. Roy Arthur11 Capen, b. 21 Jan. 1886.
Authority. Probably 1150.
1150. Lillian Alice10 Capen (Lewis E., 9 Col. Edmund,8
James,7 James,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Charlton 18 May 1860. She
married 30 March 1886 Henry H. Dines of
Charlton.
Children:
i Henry Edmund Dines, b. 11 Nov. 1889.
ii. Sarah Lillian Dines, b. 2 Feb. 1891 ; m. 9 Sept. 1911
Walter F. Spear. Ch. : 1. Frederick Walter Spear,
b. 17 Aug. 1913.
iii. Frank Arthur Dines, b. 6 Sept. 1892.
iv. Fred Capen Dines, b. 3 Aug. 1894.
v. Leslie William Dines, b. 3 July 1896.
vi. Charles Theodore Dines, b. 5 May 1903.
Authority : Lillian (Capen) Dines (1150).
1185. Eben James10 Capen (Ebenezer,9 Ebenezer,8 Eben-
ezer,7 Barnard,6 John,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2
Bernard1) born in Fall River 9 Oct. 1870. He
married there 21 June 1899 Florence Mabel
Coombs, who was born in Fall River 6 Dec. 1869.
She was daughter of George Clinton and Ardelia
(Simmons) Coombs.
Children born in Fall River :
1290. i. Gordon Coombs11 Capen, b. 30 Oct. 1901.
1291. ii. Ellery Hill11 Capen, b. 27 Apr. 1903.
Authority: Records from widow of 893.
1239. Frank10 Capen (Ellery,9 George,8 George,7 John,6
Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Bernard1)
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born in Stoughton 8 May 1867. He married first,
23 July 1890 Ida Gove, daughter of Isaac and
Orphia (Humphrey) Gove. She died 30 March
1894.
Child:
1293. i. Genevieve L.11 Capen, b. Portland, Ore., 24 Nov. 1891 ;
m. 8 July 1914 Leo Stanley Burden of Gladstone,
Ore.
He married secondly, Hattie Vick 17 August 1899.
She was daughter of Charles and Margaret
(Boost) Vick.
Children:
1294. ii. Nellie Maude11 Capen, b. Oregon 16 May (1900?);
m. Donald Hawthorn Beck 11 Sept. 1922. He was
son of George Foster and Katherine (Hawthorn)
Beck. Ch. : 1. Mary Foster Beck, b. 4 July 1923.
1295. iii. Donald Frank11 Capen, b. 29 July 1901.
1296. iv. Ellery John11 Capen, b. 29 Apr. 1903.
1297. v. Charles Kenneth11 Capen, b. 7 Jan. 1906.
1297a. vi. Mary Eliza11 Capen, b. 5 Nov. 1907.
1297b. vii. Margaret Harriet11 Capen, b. 8 June 1911.
1297c. viii. Susan Elizabeth11 Capen, b. 29 Dec. 1912.
1297d. ix. Hazel Marie11 Capen, b. 4 Jan. 1915.
Authority: Stoughton Records from 995.
1241. George Ellery10 Capen (Ellery,9 George,8
George,7 John,6 Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Stoughton 21 or 22
Jan. 1872. He married 1 June 1902 Kate Sattler,
who was born May 1880. She was daughter of
Antone and Tillie (Brockmeyer) Sattler.
Children:
1298. i. Henrietta Tillie11 Capen, b. 1 Jan. 1903.
1299. ii. Louise Grace11 Capen, b. 10 Feb. 1905.
Authority : Stoughton Records sent by 995.
1243. Edwin Webster10 Capen (Ellery,9 George,8
George,7 John,6 Jonathan,6 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3
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253
John,2 Bernard1) born in Portland, Ore., 30 May
1880. He married Lydia Margaret Spalinger.
Children :
1300. i. Edwin Ellery11 Capen, b. 14 Oct. 1905.
1301. ii. Albert Thomas11 Capen, b. 31 May 1907.
Authority : Stoughton Records sent by 995.
1245. Bessie Juliet10 Capen (Ellery,9 George,8 George,7
John,6 Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Samuel,3 John,2
Bernard1) born 24 August 1884. She married
William Archibald Ross, who was born 27 Nov.
1881.
Children :
i. Kenneth Leighton Ross, b. 31 Dec. 1910.
ii. Elizabeth Ann Ross, b. 30 July 1913.
Authority : Stoughton Records sent by 995.
1281. Rev. Randall Thomas10 Capen (Rev. Edward
A.,9 Edward W.,8 Edward G.,7 Dea. William,6
James,9 James,4 James,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in
Wollaston 26 July 1872. He was a missionary,
residing in Swatow, China, in 1916. He married
first, in Wollaston, 6 May 1903 Louise Huntley
Barbour, who died in Madison, Wis., 9 March
1904.
Child:
1302. i. Louise Huntley Barbour11 Capen, b. 9 Mar. 1904.
He married secondly, in Karinzawa, Japan, 28 Aug.
1906 Henrietta Abby Mayo.
Children born in Swatow, China :
1303. ii. Helen Richmond11 Capen, b. 30 Sept. 1908.
1304. iii. Carl Mayo11 Capen, b. 29 Jan. 1911.
Authority : Edward W. Capen (1282).
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Capens Not Fully Placed
Timothy Capex and Sally Hanscom were married
28 Nov. 1833 by David Winkley, J. P. Reported from
Barrington, N. H. (Dept, of Vital Statistics of New
Hamp., Concord, N. H.)
Timothy and Sarah (Leathers) Capen, given as
parents of Eben E. Capen, b. Barrington, N. H., 27
Sept. 1834. (Dept. Vital Statistics, Concord, N. H.)
Timothy Capen and Almira (Elmira) Hanson
were married 4 July 1855 by Rev. John C. Holmes at
Nottingham, N. H. He died in Barrington, N. H., 21
June 1892, aged 62 years. (New Hamp. Vital Statistics.)
Children :
i. Mary F. Capen, in. Charles F. F reman (Freeman) 25 Aug.
1876 in Barrington, N. H. Marriage record says she was
dau. of Timothy and Almira Capen. Ch.: Walter Free¬
man, b. 1878 (22 at time of m.) m. 26 Dec. 1900 Effie
E. Tyler (19 at m.) dau. of George and Mary (Arlin)
Tyler. (New Hamp. Vital Statistics.)
ii. Annie F. Capen, b. Barrington, N. H. (marriage rec. says
dau. of Timothy), m. 7 July 1885 Thomas E. Damsell.
He was of Brentwood, N. H., and she of Barrington, N.
H., reported from Brentwood, N. H. (New Hamp. Vital
Statistics.)
iii. Levi Capen, b. Barrington, N. H., 8 Feb. 1865, reported
as son of Timothy and Almira Capen. He m. 15 Sept.
1883 in Lee, N. H. (res. of minister L. D. Evans), Clara
Freeman, dau. of W. and M. Freeman. Ch.: Arthur
Capen, m. in Barrington, N. H., 1 July 1911 by Rev.
C. H. Cracker, Alice Miller, b. Worcester, dau. of Wilbur
Miller.
iv. Daughter Capen, b. 7 Mar. 1867, dau. of Timothy and
Elmira Capen, reported from Barrington, N. H.
v. Maria Capen, dau. of Timothy and Almira, d. in Barring¬
ton, N. H., 2 June 1885, aged 9 yrs., 3 mos.
vi. Son Capen, b. Feb. 1880, son of Timothy and Almira.
(New Hamp. Vital Statistics.)
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255
Charles Capen, b. Barrington, N. H., about 1858;
m. Emma C. Tyler, who was b. about 1861-62 in Bar¬
rington, N. H.
Children born in Barrington, N. H. :
i. William H. Capen, son of Charles and Emma Capen, b.
11 Jan. (reported for year ending 31 March 1879. He
m. (age 33) in Epping, N. H., 3 Dec. 1912 Margarite
Shaw (age 32), b. So. Boston about 1880, dau. of Thomas
(age 82) and Robena (Turnbel) (age 65) Shaw of
Boston.
ii. Grace Capen, dau. of Charles and Emma (Tyler) Capen,
b. abt. Jan. 1880; d. 28 Nov. 1884, “aged 4 yrs., 11 mos.”
x. Mertie Ann Capen, the tenth child, b. 28 June 1892, dau.
of Charles (age 35) and Emma Tyler (age 30) Capen.
Authority : Records from Dept, of Vital Statistics of New
Hampshire, Concord, N. H.
Eben E. Capen (Timothy and Sarah (Leathers)
Capen) born 22 Sept. 1834 in Barrington, N. H., and
died there 26 Aug. 1910, aged 75 yrs., 11 mos., 4 dys.
He married Rhoda Arlin, who was born 2 Mar. 1839 in
Barrington, N. H., and died there 9 Dec. 1909. She was
daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Brown) Arlin.
Child:
i. Julia A. Capen, m. 3 Sept. 1894 W. H. Freeman. (Re¬
ported from Barrington, N. H.)
Authority : Vital Statistics of New Hamp.
Harrison Capen died in Providence, R. I., 2 April
1882 aged 40 years. His death record in Providence,
R. I., says he was son of Timothy and Sarah. He married
in Providence, R. I., Catherine “Richison,” who was born
in “Woster” (Worcester?) 25 Mar. 1844. She was daugh¬
ter of Stephen and Abigail (Hanscom) Richison (Rich¬
ardson?). She was living in 1916 in Lawrence.
Children :
i. Mary Ellen Capen, b. Barrington, N. H.; m. there 20
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The Capex Family
Aug. 1881 John F. Freeman. (Vital Statistics New
Hamp.) She d. 25 May 1909.
ii. Harry (Harrison) Capen, living 1916 with his mother.
iii. William Capen, living 1916 in Cambridge?
iv. Miranda Capen, m. • . Graves, living 1916 with her
mother.
v. Harriet Capen, m . Williams.
Authorities : Death record of Harrison Capen from Providence,
R. I., meager letters from family; Vital Statistics of New
Hamp.
Ebenezer Capen, spelled by his grandson “Eper-
neasor,” married and had the following children:
+i. John Barnes Capen, b. Alstead, N. H., Nov. 1814; m.
in Peru, Vt., Martha J. Rolfe.
ii. Samuel Capen, had dau. Susan Capen, who m. Jesse Darte,
b. Alstead, N. H.
iii. Eperneasor Capen, m. Dina Barnes.
iv. Emeline Capen.
Authority: Grandson of first Eperneasor Capen.
John Barnes Capen (Eperneasor), b. Alstead, N. H.,
Nov. 1814; m. in Peru, Vt., Martha J. Rolfe, b. Rocking¬
ham, Vt., July 1820; d. Winhall, Vt., Aug. 1892. She
was daughter of Sylvanus and Alta (Allen) Rolfe.
Children born in Winhall, Vt. :
i. James Capen, b. 5 July 1841; d. 1903 in Wis.
ii. Dina (Diadema) Capen, b. 13 Feb. 1843; d. 3 May 1901;
m. July 1872 A. Hiland Grover of Winhall, Vt.
+iii. Charles Capen, b. 25 May 1846; m. Dec. 1874 Laura A.
Wyman.
+iv. Zeno Capen, b. 8 Aug. 1851; m. 1875 Alice Lillie of
Peru, Vt.
Authority : Grandson of first Eperneasor Capen.
Charles Capen (John Barnes, “Eperneasor”) born
in Winhall, Vt., 25 May 1846. He married in Chester,
Vt., Dec. 1874 Laura A. Wyman, b. Chester, Vt., 22 Jan.
The Capen Family
257
1855. She was daughter of Calvin and Amelia (Reed)
Wyman.
Children, except first three, born in Winhall, Vt. :
i. Henry H. Capen, b. Chester, Vt., 29 July 1875; m .
Grover.
ii. Harvey P. Capen, b. Andover, Vt., 27 Dec. 1876; m.
. Newton, 3. ch.
iii. O . Capen, b. Andover, Vt., 24 Aug. 1878.
iv. Bertha A. Capen, b. 19 Jan. 1880; m . Robinson,
2 ch.
v. Alonzo Capen, b. 30 Nov. 1882; m . Harwood,
2 ch.
vi. Zeno Capen, b. 26 Jan. 1883 (?); m . Mac-
fadden, 3 ch.
vii. Stella Capen, b. 7 June 1884; m . Dryden, 3 ch.
viii. Alfred Capen, b. 29 July 1888.
ix. Allen Capen, b. 29 July 1888; m . Perkins, 1 ch.
x. Blanche Capen, b. 18 Nov. 1892; m . Bushey,
4 ch.
xi. Malaska Capen, b. 25 Sept. 1893.
xii. Winona Capen, b. 9 Apr. 1897.
Authority : Grandson of first Eperneasor Capen.
Zeno Capen (John Barnes, “Eperneasor”) born in
Winhall, Vt., 8 Aug. 1851, and died there 6 Jan. 1888.
He married in Peru, Vt., in 1875 Alice Lillie of Peru,
Vt. She was born in Dorsett, Vt., 8 Dec. 1856, and was
daughter of Stewart and Hannah (Tifft) Lillie of Peru,
Vt. She married, for third husband, in Londonderry, Vt.,
9 Feb. 1907 Daniel A. Shattuck. Her second husband’s
name is unknown.
Children born in Winhall, Vt. :
i. Ernest A. Capen, b. 19 July 1877; m. 9 June 1906 in
Winhall, Vt., Cressie Karouth, b. Mendon, Vt., Oct. 1890.
ii. Martha I. Capen, b. 28 April 1879; m. 15 Jan. 1900
Clarence H. Wade.
iii. John S. Capen, b. 12 June 1881 ; m. 28 Nov. 1904, in Win¬
hall, Vt., Bessie Batchelder.
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The Capen Family
iv. Ida A. Capen, b. 24 Oct. 1883; m. 3 May 1901, in Win-
hall, Vt., Nelson Reed.
v. James H. Capen, b. 27 Aug. 1885; d. Winhall, Vt., 6 July
1895.
vi. Mina M. Capen, b. 15 Aug. 1889; m. in South London¬
derry, Vt., 30 Nov. 1907 Elmer J. Cummings.
Authority : Grandson of first Eperneasor Capen.
268. Abijah7 Capen (Timothy,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3
John,2 Bernard1) born in Spencer 23 Sept. 1762.
He married Rachel . He was a soldier
of the American Revolution, enlisting before he
was sixteen.
Child born in Spencer :
+537a. i. Timothy8 Capen, b. 27 Nov. 1782.
Probably others.
Authorities : Spencer Vital Records; Mass. Soldiers and
Sailors.
537a. Timothy8 Capen (Abijah,7 Timothy,6 Samuel,5
Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born in Spencer
27 Nov. 1782; died, probably in Schenectady, N.
Y., but the date is unknown. He married April
1807 Tabatha, probably Sherwood.
Child born in Schenectady, N. Y. :
+537b. i. Nathan B(arthold?)9 Capen, b. 11 July 1808.
Probably others.
Authorities : Spencer Vital Records; Family Bible in Fall
River; Family belief.
537b. Nathan B (arthold?)9 Capen (Timothy,8 Abijah,7
Timothy,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born in Schenectady, N. Y., 11 July 1808;
date of death unknown. He married 10 Sept,
[sic 23 Sept, int.] 1829 in Westport, Lydia R(us-
sell) Gifford, who was born 12 Aug. 1807; died 12
Oct. 1868 at Westport Point. She was daughter
of Perry5 and his second wife Ruth (Russell) Gif-
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259
ford. The Gifford line of descent is: Perry5 Gif¬
ford, b. 11 Nov. 1764, d. 17 Nov. 1819, m. 8 Mar.
1795, his second wife, Ruth Russell, b. 15 Jan.
1775; d. 6 Sept. 1857; Christopher4 Gifford, b. 28
Aug. 1737, d. 5 Dec. 1820, m. 2 Apr. 1756 Debo¬
rah Howland, b. 25 Sept. 1740, d. 9 March 1823;
Christopher3 Gifford, b. 15 Apr. 1698, d . ,
m. 6 June 1721, Mary Borden, b. 27 Jan. 1701,
d. 23 July 1786; Christopher2 Gifford, b. July
1658; d. 22 Nov . 1748; m. 1685, his second wife,
Deborah Perry, b. 3 Apr. 1665, d. 1724; William1
Gifford, d. 9 Apr. 1687, and his first wife.
Children born in Schenectady, N. Y.:
i. William Perry10 Capen, b. 12 Jan. 1831; d. 19 Aug.
1862.
ii. Ann Maria,10 Capen, b. 25 Apr. 1832, d. 29 Nov. 1879;
m . Chase.
+537c. iii. Andrew Jackson10 Capen, b. 29 Oct. 1833; m. Kate
Clark.
Authorities : Family Bible in Fall River; Gifford Genealogy;
Family Records sent by sons of 537d.
537c. Andrew Jackson10 Capen (Nathan,9 Timothy,8
Abijah,7 Timothy,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2
Bernard1) born Schenectady, N. Y., 29 Oct. 1833;
died Westport Point 30 March 1872. He married
3 Sept. 1864 in Philadelphia, Penna., Kate (Kath¬
ryn in marriage record) Clark of Philadelphia,
Penna. She died in Westport Point 28 June 1876.
Andrew J ackson10 Capen was a sea captain.
Children :
+537d. i. Andrew Jackson11 Capen, b. Westport Point, 17 Oct.
1865.
ii. Angeline Sherman11 Capen, b. Tiverton, R. I., 22 Dec.
1870, living 1926; m. 12 Oct. 1892, in New Bedford,
James Davis Driggs Comey. Ch. : 1. Helen Comey,
2. Margaret Comey. Res. Fall River.
Authorities : Bible records; copy marriage certificate; Family
records.
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The Capen Family
537d. Andrew Jackson11 Capen (Andrew Jackson,10
Nathan,9 Timothy,8 Abijah,7 Timothy,6 Samuel,6
Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bernard1) born Westport
Point, 17 Oct. 1865; living 1928; married 26 Oct.
1886 in Providence, R. I., Lillian Miller of Fall
River. She was born in Lewiston, Me., 14 Feb.
1867; living 1928. Res. Fall River.
Children :
+537e. i. Ralph William12 Capen, b. Boston 8 Sept. 1887.
ii. Angeline12 Capen, b. Boston 1888; d. Boston.
iii. Edna12 Capen, b. Boston 1889; d. Boston.
iv. Herbert12 Capen, b. Boston 11 June 1890; d. Duluth,
Minn., 8 May 1911.
v. Andrew Jackson12 Capen, b. Boston 1891; d. Boston.
vi. Lillian12 Capen, b. Boston 1 892 ( ?) ; d. Boston.
+537f. vii. William Andrew12 Capen, b. Boston, 10 Mar. 1893.
+537g. viii. Andrew Jackson12 Capen, b. 23 Oct. 1896.
ix. Leslie12 Capen, b. Bangor, Me., 11 Apr. 1899.
x. Charles12 Capen, b. Bangor, Me., 14 May 1901.
xi. Robert12 Capen, b. Bangor, Me., 2 Sept. 1902.
Authorities: Family Records; Marriage record.
537e. Ralph William12 Capen (Andrew Jackson,11
Andrew Jackson,10 Nathan,9 Timothy,8 Abijah,7
Timothy,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born Boston 8 Sept. 1887, living 1928; mar¬
ried 17 July 1915, Aitkin, Minn., Delia Pepin,
who was born in Swanville, Minn., 10 Sept.
1888, living 1928, daughter of Maxime and Mrs.
Mary Blais Pepin. Maxime Pepin was born in
Quebec, Canada, and his wife in Quebec or Mon¬
treal, Can.
Authorities: Personal knowledge of 537k and his wife.
537f. William Andrew12 Capen (Andrew Jackson,11
Andrew Jackson,10 Nathan B.,9 Timothy,8 Abijah,'
Timothy,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1) born Boston 10 March 1893, living 1928. He
The Capen Family
261
married first, 29 Sept. 1915 Emma Markovetz, who
was born Willmar, Minn., 10 Nov. 1892 and died
in Duluth, Minn., 12 Feb. 1920.
Children born in Duluth, Minn. :
i. William Arthur13 Capen, b. 24 July 1916.
ii. Donald Elmer13 Capen, b. 6 July 1918.
William Andrew12 Capen married secondly, 19 Aug.
1922, Nellie Murray, who was born Cedar Falls,
Iowa, 15 Aug. 1898, living 1928.
Authority: Personal knowledge of 537f.
537g. Andrew Jackson12 Capen (Andrew Jackson,11
Andrew Jackson,10 Nathan B.,9 Timothy,8 Abijah,7
Timothy,6 Samuel,0 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Bern¬
ard1), born Boston, 23 Oct. 1896, living 1928, in
Whipple, Arizona, in World War Veteran Hos¬
pital. He married in Portland, Me., 27 Nov. 1920
Anne Frances Dolan, who was born in Portland,
Me., baptized there 13 Aug. 1896, and died in
Albuquerque, N. Mex., 16 Sept. 1924. Her grave
is in Portland, Me. She was daughter of Thomas
and Anne (Powers) Dolan.
Authorities: Personal knowledge of 537e and of 537f.
" The roots of the present lie deep in the past and ?iothing in the
past is dead to the man who would learn how the present comes to
be what it is.”
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Index
CAPEN NAMES
* A star after a page number in the index indicates that the name appears
more than once on that page.
Capen, Aaron, 40, 66,* 108.
Aaron Davis, 63, 106.
Abba, 140.
Abbie, 107, 182.
Abbie Ann, 175.
Abbie Bird, 107.
Abbie D., 63.
Abbie Dyer, 107.
Abbie R., 190.
Abbie Rowena, 243.
Abby, 130.
Abby Ann Goddard, 229.
Abby D., 126.
Abby M.. 229.
Abby Manning, 128.
Abiah, 83.
Abiah Bradish, 139.
Abigail, 18, 26,* 27,* 29, 46, 47, 49,*
53,* 67, 87, 88, 109* 119, 131,
137, 143, 144, 150, 168, 185, 205,
213, 228.
Abigail Jackson, 95.
Abigail Thayer, 97.
Abijah, 37, 56, 57, 58, 100, 121,
258*
Abner, 79, 130.*
Abraham, 40, 45, 82,* 101, 156,*
222.
Ada, 167.
Ada Sargent, 235.
Adam, 74, 119, 120.
Adam Jr., 119.
Addie Mar den, 204.
Adelaide A., 182.
Adelaide Jenet, 222.
Adelaide L., 167.
Adeline, 101, 118, 127, 158, 183, 229.
Adeline Eliza, 158.
Adeline Irene, 159.
Adeliza Charlotte, 119, 184.
Alber (Albert), 127.
Albert Gallatin, 205.
Albert J., 185.
Albert Julian, 99.
Albert M., 167.
Albert McKenzie, 103, 167.
Albert Thomas, 253.
Alberta, 167, 228.
Alden, 121, 188.
Alden Lawrence, 242.
227
Alexander, 68, 111,* 112, 174, 177.
Alexander Platts, 134, 204.
Alfred, 156, 257.
Alfred I., 208.
Alice, 53, 94, 190, 233, 234, 254,
256, 257.
Alice C., 219.
Alice Harrod, 211.
Alice L., 151, 171, 231.
Alice M., 162.
Alice Rhinehardt, 172.
Alice Stanley, 220.
Alice Veronica, 235.
Allen, 257.
Alma, 167.
Alma M., 167.
Alma Ruth, 247.
Almira (Elmira), 77, 125, 163, 254*
Alonzo, 156, 222, 257.
Alva, 163.
Alvera A., 212.
Amanda, 179.
Amanda Melissa, 234.
Amariah Edward, 62.
Amelia, 128, 188, 201.
Amelia Eliza, 151.
Amelia G., 215.
Amey, 242.
Amity, 121, 188.
Amy, 185.*
Amy Elizabeth, 236.
Amy Lenora, 238.
Amy R., 160.
Andrew, 42, 43, 72,* 163.
Andrew D., 144.
Andrew Jackson, 259,* 260,* 261.
Andrew Tucker, 41, 179, 233, 234.
263
Angeline, 260.
Angeline Sherman, 269.
Ann, 17, 20,* 22, 29, 30, 37, 55, 60,
105, 121, 143, 150, 169, 191.
Ann Eliza, 158.
Ann H., 208.
Ann Maria, 259.
Ann Maria B., 149.
Ann Rebecca, 110, 173.
Anna, 29, 48, 54,* 85, 88, 90, 95,
101,* 104, 107, 134, 143, 156,*
157, 168.
Anna Augusta, 66, 107.
Anna Davis, 250.
Anna Eliza, 155.
Anna M., 184, 216.
Anna Maria, 95.
Anna Matilda, 107.
Anna (Ana) Woodward, 157.
Anne, 145.
Anne Frances, 261.
Anne H., 138.
Anne W., 208.
Annie, 174, 186, 227.
Annie A., 175, 235.
Annie E., 167.
Annie F., 254.
Annie Florence, 188, 241.*
Annie Isabelle, 212.
Annie Josephine, 196.
Annie Laura, 195.
Annie M., 103, 167, 232.
Annis, 109.
Ansel, 78.
Ansil, 129.
Arabella, 126.
Arabella F., 202.
Arietta, 205, 246.
Armina Augusta, 127.*
Artemas Alonzo, 213.
Arthur, 219, 254.
Arthur Byron, 233.
Arthur Francis, 216.
Arthur John, 155, 221.
Arthur Lewis, 223, 250.
Arthur Russell, 235.
Arthur Selwyn, 201.
Asa, 77, 127.
Asa Mehan, 170, 230.
Auburn P., 103.
Auburn Purchase, 167.*
Augustus White, 215.
Aurelia, 156.
Avery, 77, 126.
Azel ( Asahel), 78, 128.
Azubah, 44, 45, 74, 75, 76, 81, 117,
194, 195.
Azubah Gay, 81, 131, 195.
Barnabas D., 144.
Barnard, 12, 13, 14, 15,* 18,* 38, 59,
60.*
Beckee (Rebecca), 63.
Becky, 40.
Bekey, 70.
Benetta Louise, 233.
Benjamin, 41, 45, 68,* 72,* 81,* 104,
112, 113,* 169, 170, 178, 179, 180,
195.
Benjamin Franklin, 179, 234.
Benjamin Howard, 81, 132.
Benjamin Lincoln, 176, 233.
Benjamin Shaw, 132.
Bernard, 11, 12, 13,* 16, 26,* 66,*
182.
Bernard Charles, 225.
Bernard H., 243.
Bernard Simpkins, 212.
Bernard Winslow, 245.
Bernardine, 224.
Bert Lester, 233.
Bertha, 182.
Bertha A., 257.
Bertha F., 171.
Bertha Frances, 245.
Bertram Ansel, 203.
Bessie, 257.
Bessie Brett, 236.
Bessie Juliet, 239,* 253.
Bessie L., 216.
Bessie Tilson, 120.
Bethiah, 42, 43, 71.
Betsey, 67, 73, 74, 78,* 80,* 81, 87,
109,* 113, 118, 128, 134, 140, 182.
Betsey B., 121, 188.
Betsey Baker, 96.
Betsey Blanchard, 81.
Betsey Faunce, 120.
Betsy, 85.
Blanche, 257.
C. Frances, 125.
Calvin Whiting, 148.
Carol Baxter, 133.
Caroline, 47, 58, 62, 83, 95, 102,
103, 111, 141, 145, 158, 167, 215,
223.
Caroline A., 176.
Caroline Carpenter, 97.
Caroline E., 66, 125, 197.
Caroline Elizabeth, 108.
Caroline Louisa, 215.
264
Caroline Matilda, 127.
Caroline Milly, 197.
Carl Mayo, 263.
Carrie, 183, 236.
Carrie Augusta, 132.
Carrie Bartlett, 154.
Carrie L., 99.
Carroll Adams, 216.
Catherine, 85, 96, 136, 151, 255.
Catherine Bradish, 139.
Catherine E., 168.
Catherine Elizabeth, 136.
Catherine Sarah Fraser, 229.
Catherine W., 208.
Channing Forrest, 246.
Charity, 25, 41,* 67, 68, 69.
Charles, 85, 96, 108, 112, 136, 138,
145, 151, 177, 208, 209, 215, 227,
255, 256,* 260.
Charles Albert, 219.
Charles Alfred, 219, 250.*
Charles Arthur, 107.
Charles Augustus, 131, 203.
Charles Bridges, 137.
Charles C., 176.
Charles Cornelius, 172.
Charles Danforth, 201, 245.*
Charles Davis, 62.
Charles Donald, 235.
Charles E., 124.
Charles Edward, 153, 219.
Charles Ellsworth, 159.
Charles Elmer, 175, 179, 235.
Charles Franklin, 234.*
Charles G., 152.
Charles G. W., 153.
Charles H., 167.
Charles Hatch, 151, 218.
Charles Henry, 110, 158, 173,* 199,
244.
Charles Herbert, 216.
Charles Hiram, 189.
Charles Howard, 167.
Charles James, 66, 108,* 171.
Charles Kenneth, 252.
Charles L., 57.
Charles Laban, 161, 225.*
Charles Lemuel, 108, 171.
Charles Merrill, 162.
Charles Mosely, 150, 216.
Charles Pond, 194.
Charles Ransom, 119, 185.
Charles Raymond, 238.
Charles Walter, 199.
Charles William, 163, 209.
Charlotte, 206, 247.
Charlotte Ann, 169.
Charlotte Briggs, 225.
Charlotte Foster, 115, 128, 200.
Charlotte F. S., 169.
Charlotte Harrison, 106.
Chloe, 48, 90.
Chloe Frances, 196.
Christopher, 29, 53,* 96, 151.
Clara, 254.
Clara Abba, 233.
Clara Eva, 173.
Clara Field, 175.
Clarence Andrew, 235.
Clarence Lester, 175.
Clarence Seward, 161.
Clarissa, 94, 95.*
Clarissa Bussey, 114, 181.
Clementina Lucy, 120.
Clinton Manley, 187.
Cora, 188.
Cora B., 190.
Cora Bradford, 240, 243.
Cora Lowry, 224.
Cordelia Frances, 152.
Cordelia R., 96.
Cordelia Rosanna, 152, 153.
Corinne G., 236.
Cornelius Ransom Ford, 184, 238.
Cressie, 257.
“Cud jo,” 108.
Cylene, 104, 169.
Cynthia, 102, 119, 162, 186.
Cyrus, 101, 159, 175.
Cyrus S., 160.
Dale, 185.
Damaris, 50.
Daniel Webster, 129, 189.
David, 29, 41, 49,* 58, 68, 90, 111,
112, 145, 146, 163, 176.
David Bradish, 139, 210.
David Clark, 99.
David Edson, 145, 215.
David Ross, 175.
David Simons, 207.
Deborah, 22, 29, 37, 53,* 56, 137,
207.
Deborah C., 206.
Delia, 233, 260.
Delilah, 101, 159.
Dennison Dwight, 99, 154.
Dexter, 102, 162.
Dina (Diadema), 256.*
265
Donald Anderson, 227.
Donald Elmer, 261.
Donald Frank, 252.
Dora, 233.
Dora Wilma, 221.
Dorcas, 79.
Doris Ann, 234.
Dorothy, 13, 14, 17,* 23, 29, 55.
Dulcinea D., 144.
Dwight, 58, 102.
Eben E., 254, 255.
Eben James, 230, 251.
Ebenezer (Eperneasor), 17, 20,* 29,
48,* 49,* 60, 88, 90, 103, 104, 119,
137, 157, 169,* 205, 206, 229,*
256.*
Ebenezer Storrs, 99.
Ebenezer William, 62.
Eda L., 225.
Eddie R., 248.
Edgar A., 167.
Edgar Auburn, 228.
Edgar L., 233.
Edith, 171, 248.
Edith Augusta, 239.
Edith Louise, 236.
Edith May, 220, 235.
Edith Thayer, 153.
Edith Virginia, 246.
Edmund, 37, 57, 58,* 59, 101, 102,*
103, 157, 163.
Edmund Alphonso, 136.
Edmund Minord, 85, 135.
Edna, 260.
Edward, 18, 24, 25, 26, 40, 45,* 62,*
66, 78, 79,* 107, 108, 112, 130,*
176, 178.
Edward A., 208.
Edward Ancil, 177.
Edward Augustus, 210, 249.
Edward Balfour, 246.
Edward Forrest, 202, 246.
Edward Goodwin, 87, 138.
Edward Henry, 209, 248.
Edward Nahum, 116.
Edward Warren, 217.
Edward William, 139,* 210, 249.*
Edward Winslow, 246.
Edwin, 108.
Edwin Alfred, 96.
Edwin Ellery, 253.
Edwin Prince, 211.
Edwin Webster, 239, 252.
Edythe, 219.
E. Ellen, 212.
Effie, 194.
Eleanor, 44, 73, 75, 116, 151, 159.
Elida M., 156.
Ella Almira, 197.
Ella Augusta, 215.
Ella Cora, 84, 133.
Ella E., 161.
Ella Eudora, 188, 240.
Ella Eugenia, 225.
Ella M., 213.
Ella Maria, 215, 230.
Ella Shaw, 233.
Ellen (Helen), 113, 180.
Ellen E., 183.
Ellen M., 208.
Ellen Maria, 103, 158, 209, 223.
Ellery, 187, 239.
Ellery Hill, 251.
Ellery John, 252.
Eliza, 61, 70, 75, 76, 99, 101, 109,
114, 123, 124, 154, 158 (Eliza¬
beth), 161, 170, 181, 188, 239.
Eliza A., 128, 138, 199.
Eliza Ann, 72, 128, 139, 200, 209.
Eliza Dodge, 173.
Eliza Jane, 206.
Eliza Maria, 182.
Eliza Melissa, 172.
Eliza (Elizabeth) Paul, 83.*
Eliza Stewart, 122.
Eliza Swan, 125.
Elizabeth, 13, 16, 17,* 18, 19, 20,*
22, 25, 27,* 29,* 36, 37,* 38,* 41,*
42,* 45,* 47, 48,* 50,* 54,* 56, 57,
60, 62,* 67,* 68, 69, 70, 77, 82, 85,
87, 88,* 93,* 104,* 110, 111, 112,*
113, 138, 139 (Betsey), 142, 168,
174, 177, 179, 180.
Elizabeth A., 176.
Elizabeth Alice, 245.
Elizabeth Ann, 111, 115, 176.
Elisabeth B. (Betsey), 87, 140.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Churchill, 126.
Elizabeth D., 110.
Elizabeth Irene Preble, 170, 230.
Elizabeth May, 238.
Elizabeth R., 140.
Elizabeth Rachel Chase, 134, 204.
Elizabeth Roberta, 186.
Elizabeth S., 108.
Elizabeth Simpkins, 141.
Elizabeth Sprague, 115.
Elizabeth Sweetser, 171.
266
Elizabeth Tebbetts, 211.
Elizabeth Upham, 74, 121.
Elijah, 29,* 50,* 89,* 93, 145*
Elijah Belcher, 120, 187.
Elijah Gill, 81, 125, 195.
Eliphalet Porter, 66.
Elisha, 44,* 77,* 124, 132, 196.
Elisha Ellis, 125, 196.
Elisha Marsh, 229.
Ellsworth Woodin, 236.
Elmer Hewitt, 126, 197, 198.
Elsie May, 244.
Elsie Shaw, 112, 176.
Elthia, 179.
Elvira, 144.
Elwyn Andrew, 182.*
Elwyn Winslow, 185.
Emaline, 212.
Emeline, 256.
Emily Frances, 196.
Emily M., 120.
Emma, 103, 121, 150, 155, 162, 167,
191, 216, 221, 244, 261.
Emma A., 188, 241.
Emma C., 255.
Emma Elsie, 233.
Emma F., 243.
Emma Isabel, 190.
Emma Izadore C., 66.
Emma P., 212.
Emma Spaulding, 217.
Emoroy B., 122.
Emoroy Beulah, 193.
Emoroy S., 75, 122.
Ephraim, 29, 54, 55, 74, 96,* 117,
152.*
Erdix Winslow, 185.
Ernest A., 257.
Ernest Floyd, 231.
Ernest Thurston, 212.
Esther, 29, 41, 52, 54,* 69, 93, 137,
206.
Esther Ruby, 203.
Ethel, 174, 194.
Ethel Adele, 219.
Ethel Darling, 223.
Etta, 183, 236.
Etta Louise, 187.
Etta M., 219, 250.
Etta Jeannette, 244.
Eunice, 45,*, 50 (Unis), 67, 78, 79,
80, 85, 136.
Eunice Gill, 131.
Eunice Marianna, 136, 205.
Euphemia C., 113, 180.
Eva, 66, 188.
Evelyn, 189.
Everett Lincoln, 179, 235.
Ezekiel, 48, 88,* 142, 144, (Ezekiel
Edward), 212.*
Fanna, 91.
Fannie, 80, 126, 174, 199.
Fannie Bishop, 183, 236.
Fannie Gertrude, 236.
Fannie Louise, 185.
Flavia Antoinette, 184.
Flavia Caroline, 122.
Flora, 167.
Florence A., 153.
Florence Isabel, 209, 248.
Florence Josephine, 185.
Florence M., 190, 243.
Florence Mabel, 230, 251.
Florence May, 231.
Florence S., 171.
Frances, 87, 125, 138.
Frances Adeline, 158.
Frances E., 208.
Frances Ellen, 172, 176.
Frances I., 124.
Frances Isabella, 194.*
Frances L., 128.
Frances Lamont, 202.
Frances O., 215.
Frances Sumner, 227.
Francis E., 110.
Francis Lemuel, 65.
Francis W., 202.
Frank, 152, 175, 239, 251, 252.
Frank Andrew, 190, 240, 243.*
Frank Clark, 225.
Frank Edwin, 221.
Frank Hubert, 186.
Frank Irving, 186.
Frank Lorain, 233.
Frank S., 227.
Frank Sumner, 162, 227.
Franklin, 111.
Franklin Furber, 231.
Fred Alexander, 235.
Fred B., 225.
Fred Gray, 190, 242.
Frederick, 120.
Frederick Mortimer, 219.
Frederick William, 141, 211.
Gaynell Elizabeth, 221.
Genevieve L., 252.
267
George, 71, 114, 121,* 162, 174, 181,
187, 209, 227 *
George A., 99.
George Bradford, 188.
George C., 231.
George D., 124, 194.
George E., 144.
George Ellery, 239, 252.
George F., 171.
George Francis, 96, 141, 212, 219.
George Franklin, 217.
George Henry, 181, 194.
George Hosea, 182.
George O., 215.
George Otis, 96, 151, 153, 220.
George Philip, 182.
George Phinehas Rogers, 170.
George W., 174.
George Walcott, 107.
George Willis, 202.
Georgia Adams, 153.
Georgiana Sparhawk, 107.
Georgianna Ellen, 196.
Gertrude, 173, 196, 212, 232*
Gertrude Adele, 209.
Gertrude Irene, 235.
Gertrude Mae, 240, 243.
Gilbert, 119.
Gilman Russell, 233.
Gladys, 167.
Glena Mae, 221.
Gordon Almon, 243.
Gordon Coombs, 251.
Grace, 255.
Grace Adeline, 189.
Grace Darling, 153.
Grace Dean, 175.
Grace Duncan, 198.
Grace Leighton, 239.
Grace May, 231.
Grayce, 231.
H. Abby, 125.
Hannah, 14, 16,* 17, 19,* 22, 27,
37,* 38, 40, 42,* 43, 44, 45, 47,
56,* 59, 60,* 64, 72,* 73,* 74,*
79,* 85, 89, 95, 96, 131, 135, 137,
144,* 145, 174, 213, 215.
Hannah Abigail, 197.
Hannah Alice, 206.
Hannah Almeria, 213.
Hannah Holden, 104, 168.
Harold Auburn, 228.
Harold Ellsworth, 159.
Harold Severy, 238.
Harold Tucker, 182.
Harriet, 87, 112, 140, 180, 256.
Harriet A., 121.
Harriet Almira, 199, 244.
Harriet Amanda, 190.
Harriet Anna, 216.
Harriet Atwood, 229.
Harriet C., 219.
Harriet Eliza, 161, 226.*
Harriet Elizabeth, 209.
Harriet H., 168.
Harriet L., 120.
Harriet Louise, 187.
Harriet Matilda, 196.
Harriet N., 208.
Harriette Allen, 97, 154.
Harrison, 255.
Harry (Harrison), 256.
Harry Azel, 203.
Harry E., 221.
Harry L., 233.
Harry Lincoln, 233.
Harry R., 172.
Harvey P., 257.
Hattie, 153, 219, 239, 252.
Hattie Ellen, 210, 250.
Hattie Louise, 220.
Hazel Marie, 252.
Hazen, 174.
H. E., 108.
Heber L., 188, 241.
Helen, 225.
Helen Frances, 213.
Helen G., 176.
Helen M., 210.
Helen Maria, 150, 217, 249.
Helen Philips, 175.
Helen Richmond, 253.
Henry, 85, 109, 124, 134, 135, 161,
171, 225.
Henry Arnold, 182.
Henry E., 247.
Henry Edward, 107.
Henry Elisha, 132.
Henry G., 169, 174, 232.
Henry H., 257.
Henry M., 125, 132.
Henry Morton, 81, 131, 132, 195.
Henry Oscar, 158, 172.
Henry Titcomb, 138, 209.
Henry Willis, 225.
Henrietta, 124, 141, 187, 208, 239.
Henrietta Abby, 253.
Henrietta Park, 161, 225.
268
Henrietta Tillie, 252.
Hephzibah, 27, 28.
Hepsibah, 85.
Herbert, 260.
Herbert Hayden, 159.
Herbert Sylvester, 213.
Hiram, 101, 121, 158, 189*
Hiram Elbridge, 159.
Hittie, 89.
Honor, 13.
Hopestill, 17, 23, 24, 38, 60, 61.
Horace (Horatio), 145.
Howard, 212.
Howard Benjamin, 235.
Howard Boyden, 182.
Huldah, 74, 90, 119, 120, 146, 186.
Ida, 184, 238, 239, 252.
Ida A., 258.
Ida Ann, 238.
Ida Antoinette, 220.
Ida Elvira, 155.
Ida Jennie, 216.
Ida Lillian, 251.
Ida Louise Babcock, 160.
Irene, 49, 91.*
Irma Louise, 235.
Irma Lulu, 185.
Isaac, 121, 190.
Isabel Augusta, 153.
Isabell, 212.
Isabella, 126.
Isadora L., 202.
Isannah (Isanah), 40, 66.*
Jabesh, 18.
Jabez, 54,* 97.
James, 11, 13, 15,* 16, 18, 19,* 27,*
29, 37,* 45, 47,* 57,* 77,* 84, 85,*
86,* 97, 100, 101,* 126, 127, 128,
133, 137,* 145, 157,* 199, 202,
206, 207, 256.
James Ansel, 129, 203.
James B., 126.
James F., 167.*
James H., 258.
James Henry, 134, 204, 205.
James M., 99.
James Robbins, 172.
James Seymour, 161, 226.
James Winchell, 103, 165.
Jane, 18, 25,* 26, 41, 45,* 46,* 66,
68, 72,* 74, 80, 106, 109, 111, 112,
144, 171, 174, 178, 225.
Jane B., 128.
Jane E., 120.
Jane Eliza, 159.
Jane Elizabeth, 200, 245.
Jane M., 175.
Janet F., 150.
Janet Frances, 216.
Jeanne Pomeroy, 194.
Jeanette G., 127.
Jeanette Gilman, 199.
Jedediah, 78, 127.
Jedediah Adams, 127.
Jennie, 182, 229.
Jennie Frances, 170.
Jennie Selina, 248.
Jeremiah, 79.
Jeremiah L., 131.
Jerome Elmer, 161.
Jerusha, 25, 43, 44, 49, 74,* 96, 109.
Jessee, 89.
Jesse McIntosh, 224.
Joan, 11, 12,* 13, 14.
Joan (Johanna) H. P., 63.
Joane, 15.
Joanna, 14, 16, 65, 115.
Joel, 40.
Joel Talbot, 125, 197.
Johanna Gibbs, 63.
John, 12, 13,* 14,* 15, 16,* 17,* 18,*
20,* 22, 25, 26,* 29,* 35, 37, 38,*
39, 40,* 43, 44, 53,* 54,* 57,* 60,
61, 62,* 63,* 65, 67, 70,* 72, 74,*
75, 82, 85, 87, 88, 97,* 101, 104,
107, 109, 111, 113, 114, 118,* 119,
134,* 141, 143, 168, 175, 182, 183,
184, 238.
John A., 174.
John Barnes, 256.*
John Bernard, 184.
John D., 212.*
John Davis, 107, 170.
John Edwin, 183, 236.*
John F., 101, 162*
John Frederick, 212.
John Harold, 236.
John Henry, 63, 107.
John Hewitt, 170.
John Hewitt Jr., 170.
John Lemuel, 95, 150.
John S., 257.
John Smith, 208.
John Spencer, 171.
John Wesley, 170.
Jonathan, 18, 25,* 27, 41, 43, 44, 46,
73, 74, 75, 96, 119, 122,* 185.
Joseph, 16, 18, 20,* 21, 26,* 34
269
(Parson), 35, 45, 46, 53, 54, 83,
96*
Joseph Henry, 150.
Joseph Peter, 74.
Joseph Swan, 196.
Josephine, 167, 196.
Josephine T., 214.
Joshua Winchell, 165.
Josiah, 25,* 41,* 67,* 68, 91, 109,*
110, 127, 171.
Josiah Albert, 172.
Josiah Ames, 110, 172.
Josiah Cleveland, 171, 231.
Judith B., 169.
Judith Bass, 229.
Julia, 55, 98, 99, 172.
Julia A., 255.
Julia Ann, 99,* 151, 154, 157.
Julia Evelyn, 209.
Julia F., 183, 236.
Julia Frances, 131, 166, 203.
Julia Raymond, 250.
Kate, 239, 252, 259 (Kathryn).*
Katherine, 167.
Katherine H., 151, 218.*
Kenwood Chester, 233.
Laura, 101, 160, 179, 235.
Laura A., 256.*
Laura Augusta, 246.
Laura Lee, 189.
Laura M., 161.
Laura Martha, 226.
Laura Pearl, 161.
Laura Wells, 219.
Lauretta M., 81, 131.
Lauretta Maria, 188, 240, 243.
Leander, 188.
Leander Edmund, 155.
Leander Wilson, 183.
Lemuel, 40, 41, 45, 48, 60, 64, 65,
69,* 79,* 80,* 144, 145,* 214*
Lena Danforth, 245.
Lena Thorpe, 220.
Leo Charles, 199.
Leo Jerome, 221.
Leona Grace, 185.
Leona Marjorie, 243.
Leonora Sophie, 165.
Leslie, 250.
Lester, 243.
Lester Edwin, 221.
Letitia, 197, 234.
Letitia H., 126.
Levi, 254.
Lewis Edmund, 157, 223.
Lilias Celina, 161, 226.
Lillian, 260*
Lillian Alice, 223, 251.
Lillian Eleanor, 132.
Lillian Frances, 204.
Lillian M., 175, 179, 235.
Lily Franklin, 219.
Lizzie, 155, 174.
Lizzie Frances, 189.
Lloyd Everett Ravmond, 235.
Lodisa, 102, 103, 163.
Lois, 60, 70, 77, 114, 126, 127.
Lois Gertrude, 249.
Lola Eugene, 235.
Loranus Crowell, 125, 196.
Lorenzo Linfield, 189.
Lottie M., 231.
I^ottie Meads, 220.
Lottie Mildred, 244.
I>ouis, 73, 212.
Louis Melville, 200.
Louisa, 128, 167, 201.
Louisa Babcock (Ida L.), 224.
Louisa Cordelia, 219.
Louisa Crane, 125, 195.
Louisa Frances, 177, 215.
Louisa G., 233.
Ixmise, 165, 227.
Louise Grace, 252.
Louise Huntley, 253.
Louise Huntley Barbour, 253.
Louise Lillian, 247.
Louise M., 162, 167, 227.
Louise May, 227.
Lovina, 163.
Lucia Jane, 189.
Lucinda, 68.
Lucinda S., 206.
Lucretia A., 139.
Lucretia Augusta, 210.
Lucretia Augusta Marston, 249.
Lucretia Emeline, 125.
Lucy, 66, 68, 74, 78, 91, 112, 120,
128, 147.
Lucy Abby, 121.
Lucy Ann* 121, 134, 176, 204.
Lucy Anna, 187, 239.
Lucy Chadsey, 216.
Lucy J., 152, 219.
Lucy M., 149.
Lucy Maria, 122, 193.
Lucy Mead, 96, 153.
Lucy Richmond, 108.
270
Luella A., 179, 234.
Lulu L., 167.
Luman Hezekiah, 160, 224.
Luman J., 224.
Luman Whitcomb, 101, 161.*
Lusanna, 48, 87, 88.*
Lydia, 18, 25, 26,* 40, 42, 45, 46,
57, 58, 69, 70,* 83,* 96, 103, 112,
156, 180, 206.
Lydia Augusta, 149.
Lydia Coffin, 151,* 217, 218.
Lydia Elizabeth, 217.
Lydia M., 239.
Lydia Margaret, 253.
Lydia R(ussell), 258.
Mabel, 202, 236.
Mabel Webster, 189.
Mabelle Webster, 242.
Mae Cathern, 221.
Malaska, 257.
Malatiah, 44.
Maria, 94, 163, 254.
Maria A., 184, 236.
Maria E., 134, 156, 204.
Maria F., 176.
Maria L., 154.
Maria Louise, 206, 220, 224.
Marie De Neige, 205.
Marietta, 68, 110.*
Margaret, 54, 141.
Margaret E., 65.
Margaret Harriet, 252.
Margaret Franklin, 61, 106.
Margaret Susanna, 63.
Margarite, 255.
Marjorie, 233.
Marjorie Helen, 250.
Marjorie Squire, 227.
Marshall, 248.
Martha, 47, 85, 86, 87, 112, 128,
138, 163, 177, 178, 201.
Martha A., 162, 227.
Martha Caroline, 211.
Martha E., 174.
Martha Ellen, 179.
Martha Elizabeth, 137.
Martha I., 257.
Martha J., 256.*
Martha Louisa, 211.
Martha Louise, 141, 185.
Martha M., 131.
Martha Marguerite, 234.
Martha P., 233.
Martha W., 85.
Martha (Patty) Wetherbee, 136.
Mary, 16,* 17, 18,* 19,* 20,* 24,*
25, 28,* 29,* 35,* 37,* 40,* 41,*
47,* 48,* 49, 50, 54,* 56,* 62, 67,*
72, 74, 77, 79, 82, 83,* 85, 86, 88,*
89, 91, 92, 97,* 100, 109,* 110, 115,
118, 122, 127, 130, 136, 137,* 142,
156, 182, 203, 205, 207.
Mary A., 106, 144, 212.
Mary Adeline, 63.
Mary Ann, 40, 65, 66, 97, 112, 129,
168, 170, 179, 211, 203.
Mary Anna, 116, 215.
Mary Asenath, 119, 183.
Mary B., 91, 148.
Mary Brock, 74, 118.
Mary C., 75, 121, 122.
Mary Charlotte, 184.
Mary E., 96, 124, 208, 212.
Mary Eliza, 157, 175, 209, 252.
Mary Elizabeth, 62, 83, 96, 111, 132,
161, 173.
Mary Ellen, 177, 234, 255.
Mary Elliot, 152.
Mary Esther, 69, 113, 203.
Mary F., 106, 107, 254.
Mary Fales, 95.
Mary Frances, 170, 248.
Mary Gay, 183.
Mary Hubbs, 221.
Mary Ida, 248.
Mary J., 171, 176.
Mary Jane, 110, 149, 171, 172,* 232.
Mary Justina, 189.
Mary L., 126, 182.
Mary Lathan Bates, 185.
Mary Leavitt, 198.
Mary Louise, 108.
Mary Lucy, 203.
Mary Matilda, 160.
Mary O., 176, 233.
Mary Perin (Perrin), 63, 107.
Mary Rebecca, 180.
Mary S., 127, 206.
Mary Staples, 170, 231.
Mary Stubbert, 229.
Mary T., 152.
Mary Tolman, 82.*
Mary Warren, 217.
Mary Wentworth, 194.
Mary Z., 121, 189.
Marvin John, 221.
Matilda, 77, 163.
Matilda Fisher, 124, 132.
271
Matilda H., 80.
Mattie Belle, 188.
Maud, 233.
Maud Lamont, 246.
May, 170, 225.
Mehitable, 53, 94.
Melatiah (Milly), 73, 74, 116, 117.
Melba Corinne, 236.
Melinda, 157.
Melinda M., 120.
Mella, 89.
Melissa, 109, 171.
Mercy (Marcy), 50, 60, 103.
Mertie Ann, 255.
Michal, 45, 79.
Mille, 44, 77.
Mille Gay, 77.
Millie, 54.
Millie (Melatiah), 96.
Milly, 125.
Milton Sanders, 133.
Mina M., 258.
Minerva, 119, 185.
Minerva J., 185.
Minerva Thwing, 185.
Minnie Althea, 244.
Minnie F., 190, 242.
Mira, 94.
Miranda, 75, 121, 256.
Miranda Colton, 122, 192.
Mirria Gay, 239.
Miriam, 53, 94.
M. Olive, 98.
Molle, 50.
Moriti Teller in, 205, 247.
Morris P., 171.
Morton Almon, 190, 243.*
Moses Leonard, 126.
Myra, 79, 130.
Myra Adelaide, 181.
Myra Alice, 203.
Myra Augusta, 130.
Myra Hixon, 79.
Myron, 188.
Myrtle, 189.
Myrtle Irene, 189.
Nabby (Abigail), 89, 91, 1 44, 147.
Nahum, 72, 115,* 116.
Nancy, 77, 87, 88, 89, 101,* 104 (or
Ann), 126, 145,* 157,* 163, 213.
Nancy E., 135.
Nancy J., 97, 145.*
Nancy P., 176.
N. Arabella, 126.
Nathan, 74, 118, 119, 184, 238.
Nathan B., 258.*
Nathan Lee, 236.
Nathan Monk, 79, 131.
Nathan Sidnev, 184, 236.
Nathaniel, 12, ‘ 17, 20, 29, 48, 49,*
52, 53, 87, 89, 90, 91,* 94, 125, 196.
Nathaniel Hammond, 82.
(Nathaniel) Henry E., 206, 247.
Nehemiah, 26.
Nellie, 261.
Nellie F., 248.
Nellie Jane, 223, 251.
Nellie M., 167, 232.
Nellie Marie, 154, 220.
Nellie Maude, 188, 252.
Nellie Stickney, 173, 232.
Nettie, 199.
Newman G reenough, 99.
O., 257.
Olive, 70, 87, 91, 114, 141.
Olive Anna, 145.
Olive Maria, 215.
Oliver, 49, 53*, 91*, 148.
Oliver Beal, 137, 207.
Oliver Bronson, 166.
Oliver Drake, 243.
Orlando, 229.
Orlando Edwin, 154, 220.
Orpha, 233.
Oscar, 182.
Oscar Daniel, 182.
Oscar Elmer, 235.
Otis, 96.
Otis Stanley, 154, 220.
Pamelia, 138, 209.
“Parson”, 20, 21.
Patience, 18, 24, 25,* 38, 39, 40,*
44, 56, 61, 74, 82,* 100.
Patience Davis, 63.
Paul B., 198.
Pauline, 177.
Pegg, 97.
Percy, 156, 222.
Persis, 101, 159.
Persis A., 208.
Peter, 74, 120.
Phebe, 87, 53, 55, 90, 146,
Philenas, 163.
Philip, 29.
Philip Almondus, 99.
Philip Ruggles, 55, 98.
Phinehas, 104, 169.*
272
Pliny (Plinney) Brett, 183, 236.
Polly, 41, 58,* 85, 101, 102, 133, 156.
Priscilla, 16, 20,* 30 * 31,* 34, 93.*
Preserved, 14, 16, 19,* 20,* 28.*
Prudence Farrington, 120.
Purchase, 17, 22, 38, 57, 58* 59,
102.
Rachel, 43, 44,* 45, 74, 75, 76, 77,
82, 83, 117, 122, 130, 182, 192,
193, 194, 213, 245, 258*
Rachel Atherton, 82.
Ralph, 235.
Ralph Alexander, 234.
Ralph Chartres, 223.
Ralph Cutting, 203.
Ralph Putnam, 244.
Ralph William, 260.*
Randall T., 99.
Randall Thomas, 249, 253.*
Rebecca, 29, 44,* 63, 67, 68,* 72,
76, 78, 111, 113, 119, 179, 184.
Rebecca Eastman, 171.
Rebecca Elizabeth, 128, 202.
Rebecca Lydia, 63.
Rebecca Sanders, 133.
Rebecca Swan, 76.
Rebeckah, 129.
Redigan, 15.
Reliance, 174.
Relief, 29, 49, 81, 85, 134.
Rhoda, 37, 53, 85, 101, 133, 255.
Rhoda Ann, 204.
Rhoda Jane, 196.
Richard Winslow, 246.
Robert, 25, 41, 42,* 43, 70, 72, 115,
260.
Robert Bernard, 221.
Robert Edward, 243.
Robert Hall, 219.
Robert Packard, 119, 186.
Robert S., 115, 231.
Rodney Bernard, 200, 245.
Roger I., 247.
Roland, 174.
Rosamond, 176.
Rosamond Edward, 198.
Rosamond R., 176.
Rosanna E., 206.
Rose E., 208.
Rosella Platts, 204, 246.
Roxa, 91, 148.
Roy Arthur, 251.
Roy Wentworth, 244.
Rufus, 227.
Russell Edward, 233.
Ruth, 13, 14, 20, 29,* 50, 57, 79, 80,
130,* 137, 207, 233, 245.
Ruth C., 89.
Ruth Eliza, 158.
Ruth Elizabeth, 236.
Ruth Goldthwaite, 186.
Ruth Hall, 236.
Ruth Paul, 198.
Sally, 55, 79, 85, 90, 93, 129, 135,
146, 206, 254.
Sally Celina, 101, 162.
Samuel, 14, 16, 17,* 18, 22,* 25,*
26, 29, 37,* 38, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46,
48, 50, 53,* 58, 67,* 69, 70,* 77,
78, 83, 90, 93,* 94, 95, 101, 102,
109,* 114,* 125, 126, 128,* 137,
163, 200, 206, 256.
Samuel Adams, 150, 216.*
Samuel Billings, 150, 217.*
Samuel Childs, 95, 143, 150.
Samuel Davis, 194.
Samuel Goddard, 168, 229.*
Samuel Howard, 182.
Samuel Howard Jr., 182.
Samuel Howard III, 182.
Samuel Jerome, 224.
Samuel John, 46, 83, 84,* 133.
Samuel M., 94.
Samuel Mosely, 150.
Samuel Paul, i98.
Samuel Rodney, 245.
Samuel Shaw, 160, 224.
Samuel Tolman, 82.
Sanford Emory, 125.
Sarah
, 16, 17,
18,* 20, 25,
26,*
27,
29,
36, 37, 42,
44, 45, 47,*
49,
50,*
51,
53, 54, 57,
* 60, 64, 77,
84,
86,*
87,
92, 93,*
96, 98, 105,
109
(Sally), 131,
137, 149, 172,
192,
254,
255.
Sarah
A., 81, 1
11, 157, 175,
* 223.
Sarah Adelia, 175.
Sarah Althea, 242.
Sarah Ann, 91, 144, 148, 209, 248.
Sarah Augusta, 216.
Sarah Azubah, 125, 195.
Sarah B., 94,* 150*
Sarah C., 130.
Sarah Colton, 191.
Sarah E., 208.
Sarah Ellen, 163.
Sarah Elizabeth, 102, 153.
Sarah G., 205.
273
Sarah Goodell, 247.
Sarah H., 151.
Sarah Hawes, 66.
Sarah Huntoon Thompson, 170.
Sarah Jane, 99, 149.
Sarah L., 156, 201.
Sarah Lizzie, 245.
Sarah Louise, 222.
Sarah M., 170.
Sarah Matilda, 81, 125,* 132,* 195.*
Sarah Meader, 127.
Sarah Melinda, 230.
Sarah Meriam, 95.
Sarah P., 122.
Sarah R., 128.
Sarah S., 101, 125, 196.
Sarah Sumner, 162.
Sarah W., 208.
Shubael Storrs, 99.
Sibbel, 161.
Sibil, 101.
Silas, 215.
Silas P., 145, 215.
Sophia Bonney, 170.
Sophia L., 176.
Stella, 257.
Stephen Tilson, 120.
Stoddard, 61, 105, 106.
Submit, 49, 91.
Sukey, 101.
Susan, 40, 58, 96, 102, 112, 121, 137,
139, 141, 144, 145,* 163,* 177, 189,
210, 213, 214s* 256.
Susan Bickford, 139.
Susan D., 140.
Susan Elizabeth, 127, 137, 252.
Susan Jane, 177.
Susan Maria, 97, 222.
Susan Meriah, 157.
Susan Myrtella, 197, 244.
Susan P., 207.
Susan S., 75, 123.
Susan Theodosia, 163, 228.
Susanna (h). 18, 14, 16,* 17,* 18,*
20, 22, 24, 26,* 28, 29, 39, 40, 43,
45,* 48,* 49, 54, 57, 58, 59, 63, 78,*
87,* 88, 89, 100, 102, 141 (Su¬
san),* 142.
Susanna Leonard, 127.
Sybel, 101.
Sybil, 155.
Sylvester, 58, 102,* 103, 209.
Tabatha, 258.
Tela, 88.
Temperance C., 99.
Thankful, 17,* 23, 24,* 38, 39.
Thankful H., 104.
Thankful Holmes, 169.
Thankful Holmes Hatch, 170.
Theodosia, 38, 58,* 59, 103, 163.
Theophilus, 43, 44, 75,* 121, 122.
Theresa J., 160.
Theresa L., 224.
Thomas, 27, 47, 49, 54, 60, 61,* 74,
85, * 86,* 87,* 96, 104, 106, 137,*
140,* 144, 163, 213*
Thomas Allen, 98.
Thomas Carter, 206.
Thomas G., 112, 179.*
Thomas Rand, 85, 136.
Thomas Ripley, 141.
Thomas Stoddard, 61.
Thomas Wells, 152, 219.
Thomas Williams, 63, 96, 152, 153.
Timothy, 37, 56,* 137, 206, 207, 254,
255, 258*
Tryphena, 146.
Tyle (Tyla, Tiley), 143,
Tyler, 144.
Uriah, 45, 79,* 80.
Veloria Ann, 206.
Vernon Talbot, 240, 243.
Vesta, 66.
Vina, 91.
Violetta, 188.
Waitstill, 42, 43, 70.
Wallace Abraham, 222.
Wallace Comstock, 194.
Wallace Putnam, 197, 244.
Walter, 188.
Walter Edwin, 223.
Walter Herbert, 126, 167.
Walter Nelson, 151.
Walton Oscar, 223.
Warren, 144, 213.*
Warren G., 213.
Washington Franklin, 99.
Welcome Ithiel, 205, 246.
Wendell Alden, 242.
Wilbur Lee, 183, 237.*
William, 28, 44, 47, 49, 54, 62, 76,*
86, 87,* 91,* 101, 107, 124, 126,
138,* 145, 148, 158, 174,* 199, 206,
208, 209, 227, 256.
William Alfred, 248.
William Andrew, 260,* 261.
William Arthur, 261.
William Browne, 102.
274
William Bulkley, 209.
William E., 140, 174.
William Edward, 248.
William Edwin, 158, 223.
William G., 208.
William H., 124, 168, 228, 255.
William Henry, 158, 210, 229,
William Herbert, 197.
William Howard, 132.
William K., 233.
William L., 99.
William Lincoln, 233.
William Perry, 259.
William Willard, 110, 172.
Willimina Lebreese, 170.
Wilmia, 221.
Windsor Draper, 189.
Windsor Hamilton, 189.
Winona, 257.
Zara, 103, 165.
Zeno, 256, 257.*
Zilpah, 78, 129.
Zilpha Harriet, 127.
Zilpha Means, 153.
Zopher, 58.
275
SURNAMES OTHER THAN CAPEN
Abbitt, Mary, 137.
Abbott, Deborah, 137.
Capen, 250.
Edward, 137.
Hannah Alice, 206.
Henrietta Jacobs, 250.
Ira, 206.
Levi, 206.
Lucretia Augusta Marston, 250.
Marv, 137, 173, 206, 207.
Tilden Grafton, 250.
Tilden Grafton Jr., 250.
Ackley, Deborah, 137, 207.*
Elizabeth, 207.
Esther, 207.*
Ezra, 207.*
George W., 207.
Hosea, 207.*
Mary, 207.
Samuel, 207.
Sarah, 207.
Thomas Jefferson, 207.
William, 137, 207.*
William B., 207.
Adams, Adelaide Jenet, 222.
Adeline, 101, 158.
Albert, 156.
Alice, 53, 94.
Alice Stanley, 220.
Almy, 155.
Arthur M., 220.
Augusta, 155.
Betsey, 222.
C., 220.
Charles, 155.
Ebenezer, 94.
Eleazer, 101, 155.
Elias, 157.
Ethel Grace, 220.
Francis D., 155.
Hannah, 157.
Harold, 220.
James Capen, 155.
John, 155.*
Lena Thorpe, 220.
Lemuel, 168.
Levi, 222.
Levi H., 222.
Mary, 82.
Mehitable, 94.
Melinda, 157.
Miriam, 155.
Nancy, 101, 157.
Peter, 43.
Rev. Mr., 75.
Sarah, 156, 157, 158.
Selma (Selina), 155.
Silma (Cylene), 155.
Susan, 155, 168.
Sybel, 101.
Sybil, 155.
William, 58, 157.
William Jefferson, 157.
Zilpah, 155*
Alden, Frank, 163.
Fred, 163.
Maria, 163.
Norman, 163.
Alger, Anna C., 142.
Davis, 143.
Ebenezer, 88, 142.*
Edmund, 142.
Eliza, 142.
Hannah R., 143.
Isaac, 143.
Joseph, 142.
Leonard, 143.
Lucy, 142.
Mary, 88, 142.
Nancy, 142.
Naomi, 142.
Otis, 142.
Polly, 142.
Ruth, 142.
Samantha, 143.
Sanford, 142.
Silence, 143.
Stillman, 143.
Susan, 143.
Susanna, 142.*
Susannah, 88.
Ward, 143.
William, 142.
Willis, 88, 142.
Allen, Alden Numan, 119.
Alta, 256.
Barbara, 182.
Elizabeth, 182,* 226.
Eugenia, 226.
Harriet Eliza, 161, 226.*
Josephine T., 214.
Julia Ann, 99.
276
Keziah, 212.
Luman Davis, 226.
Mary, 79.
Mary A., 212.
Melvina P., 114.
Minerva, 119.
Nathan Capen, 119.
Numan, 119.
Theda, 99.
Thomas, 166, 182.
Thomas Jr., 182.
Yilma Aadel, 119.
W. H., 161.
William H., 226.
William P., 212.
William T., 99.
Allison, Julia Ann, 151.
Robert, 151.
Allyn, Caroline Carpenter, 97.
Charles, 97.
Prudence, 97.
Ames, Ann Rebecca, 111.
Caroline Fowle, 111.
Deborah, 129.
Ellis, 130.
Frances Maria, 111.
George Lafayette, 111.
Harriet, 130.
Horace Leavitt, 111.
Jane Fay, 111.
Jonathan, 79, 129.
Jonathan Jr., 79, 129.
Marietta Gridley, 111.
Mary Fobes, 130.
Rebecca, 68, 111.
Sally, 79, 129.
Sally Capen, 130.
Silas Fay, 111.
Thomas Capen, 111.
Thomas F., 68, 111.
Andrews, Benjamin, 19.*
Eleanor, 73, 116.
Hannah, 19,* 31.
John, 19.
Joseph S., 73, 116.
Katherine, 19.
Lucy, 36.
Margaret, 36.
Robert, 31.
Robert Jr., 36.
Thomas Jr., 36.
Angell, Elsie, 176.
C. W., 176.
Appleton, John, 20.
Lydia Young, 152.
Priscilla, 16, 20,* 34
Arlin, Benjamin, 255.
Mary, 254.
Rhoda, 255.
Sarah, 255.
Armsby, Eunice, 157.
Armstrong, Julia, 99.
Ashcroft, Lucy M., 153.
Atherton, John, 82.
Mary, 82.
Rachel, 45, 82, 83.
Atwood, Anna, 250.
Elizabeth Rachel Chase, 134, 204.
James Henry, 204.
Silas, 134, 204.
Susan Platts Livermore, 204.
Austin, Deborah C., 206.
Ethel Marie, 242.
Fannie L., 242.
Frank L., 189.
Frank Le Roy, 242.
James L., 242.*
James W., 242.
Lester, 175.
Mabel Webster, 189.
Mabelle Webster, 242.
Margaret Mae, 242.
Minnie Belle, 242.
Sarah Adelia, 175.
Seth C., 206.
William, 175.
Willie E., 242.
Ayre, Alexander, 176.
Helen G., 176.
Babcock, Lydia, 80.
Bacon, Julia F., 183, 236.
Sarah, 144.
Badcock, Elizabeth, 62.
Lydia, 102.
Badlam, Betsee, 40.
Edward, 40.
Ezra, 25, 40.*
George Washington, 40.
Hannah, 40.
Patience, 40,* 25.
Rebeckah, 40.
Susannah, 40.
William, 40.
Bailey, Abigail, 141.
Clarissa, 241.
Edward, 44.
Rebecca, 121.
Sarah, 25, 44.
277
Baine, Mae M., 246.
Baker, . , 46.
Anna, 35.
Elizabeth, 35.
Hannah, 45.
Jacob, 35.
Jane, 46.
John, 24, 35.
Joseph, 35.
Keziah, 35.
Martha, 35.
Mary, 20, 35.*
Mehitabel, 35.
Preserved, 24.
Priscilla, 35.*
Richard, 24.
Sarah, 35.
Thankful, 17, 24.
Thomas, 20, 35.*
Baldwin, Laurinda, 159.
Bancroft, Abigail, 53.
Robert, 53.
Barbour, Louise Huntley, 253.
Barker, Robert, 14.
Barlow, Edward, 212.
Isabell, 212.
Barnard, Ella Almira, 197.
John, 197.
Leon Capen, 197.
Myron Perry, 197.
Sarah, 197.
Stanley Alvin, 197.
William Elmer, 197.
Winfred, 197.
Luther Perry, 197.
Barnes, Carrie, 236.
Catherine, 236.
Dina, 256.
Joseph C., 236.
Sarah, 87.
Seth, 87.
Barns, Fannie Louise, 185.
Barry, Alice, 115.
Caroline Shelton, 115.
Catherine Clapp, 115.
Elizabeth Capen, 115.
Elizabeth Sprague, 115.
Edmund Drinan, 115.
Martha Worthing, 115.
Shelton, 115.*
Barsham, Annabella, 17.
Susanna, 16.
Susannah, 17.
William, 17.
Bartlett or Bartol, . , 89.
Ann, 121, 191.
Annie Persons, 191.
Betsey, 191.
Claude Bertram, 191.
Frederick Bertram, 191.
Hannah, 70.
Jane, 191.
Lemar, 191.
Mabel, 191.
Persons, 121, 191.
Bass, Anne, 16.
Bathsheba, 51.
Mary, 13, 14, 16.
Samuel, 16.
Sarah, 22, 23, 29.
Batchelder, Bessie, 257.
Bate, Margaret Ellen, 243.
Bates, Christopher, 229.
Harriet Atwood, 229.
Harriet H., 168.
Mary, 18.
Polly, 229.
Susanna, 23.
Battle (Battelle), Olive, 91.
Baxter, Caroline, 47, 83.
Elizabeth, 83.
Etta, 230.
William, 83.
Bayley, Abner, 66.
Betty, 66.
Edwin, 66.
Edwin Allen, 66.
Lucia A., 66.
Vesta, 66.
Wallace, 66.
Beal, Rebecca, 216.
Beals, Lydia, 70.
Phinehas, 70.
Bean, A. L., 236.
Bears, Sally, 156.
Beck, Donald Hawthorn, 252.
George Foster, 252.
Katherine, 252.
Mary Foster, 252.
Nellie Maude, 252.
Becker, Charlotte, 225.
Beckwith, Emily, 160.
Beers, Betsey, 222.
Belcher, Abigail, 119, 185.
Betsey, 74, 185.
Betsey Faunce, 120.
Elijah, 120, 185.
Elizabeth, 93.
278
Hiram E., 212.
James L., 212.
Jonathan, 43.
Julia, 197.
Luella, 212.
Mary, 72.
Mary E., 212.
Beless, Lillian Eleanor, 132.
Ruth, 132.
Thomas, 132.
Remis, Anna, 156.*
Elias, 133.
John, 133.
Joshua, 156.
Nathan Temple, 133.
Polly, 85, 133.
Samuel, 85, 133, 156.
Sarah, 156.
Willard, 133.
Winthrop, 133.
Bemiss, Anna, 101.
Bennett, Mary, 22.
Betcher, Elizabeth, 50.
Bete, Margaret Ellen, 241.
Rosen e, 241.
William W., 241.
Bickford, Aaron, 87.
Albert G., 244.
Henry Ray, 244.
Lottie Mildred, 244.
Mary, 244.
Susanna, 87.*
Wallace Albert, 244.
Bieler, Grace Dean, 175.
John M., 175.
Ruth Capen, 175.
Billings, Abigail, 88, 143, 150.
Ann, 143, 150.
Carrie, 186.
Elizabeth, 143.
Harriot, 143.
Hepsibah, 139.
Jesse, 88, 143, 150.
John, 67.
John Jr., 73, 117.
Mary, 41,* 67,* 143.
Melatiah (Milly, Millie), 54, 73, 74,
96, 177.
Nabby, 143.
Otis, 73, 90, 117.
Sanford, 143.
Unity, 73, 117.
William, 42, 43, 72.
William Jr., 143.
Bills, Sarah, 197.
Bingham, George E., 109.
Jerusha, 109.
Bird, Adeline, 244.
Chloe, 43.
Elizabeth, 29, 50, 129.
Henry Jr., 63.
Joanna, 115.
Keziah, 43.
Lucy, 92.
Margaret, 63.
Mindwell, 43.
Rebecca (Rebeckah, B e c k e e,
Becky), 40, 63, 78, 129.
Samuel, 50, 115, 129.
Sarah, 50, 89, 115.
Bisco, Deborah, 55.
John, 55.
Bishop, Fanny, 182.
Lizzie, 155.
Nancy, 163.
Rhoda, 37.
Blackburn, F. W., 238.
Mary Elizabeth, 238.
Blake, Aaron, 117.
Abigail, 28.
Caroline, 117.
Caroline L., 117.
Chloe, 117.
Edmund, 117.
Elijah, 117
Elizabeth R., 117.
Hannah B., 117.
Jane, 76, 117, 194.
Jerusha C., 117, 118.
John, 28.
Jonathan, 117.
Julia, 123.
Phinehas, 117.
Rachel, 74, 76, 117,* 194.
Sarah, 105.
Stephen, 74, 76, 117, 194.
Stephen Jr., 117.
Blakeley, Anna, 218.
Blanchard, . , 220.
Alice, 202.
Amelia, 128, 201.
Anna, 29, 54.
Bertha Luella, 220.
Betsey, 79, 81.
Caroline A., 202.
Clarence M., 202.
Dorothy, 17, 23.*
Emoroy S., 75, 122.
279
Ephraim, 29, 54, 55.*
Eunice, 79.
Hannah, 23,* 54.
Hattie Louise, 220.
Horatio, 79.
John, 23.
Jonathan, 79.
Joseph, 54.
Josiah, 23.
Mary, 23.
Nathan, 128, 201.
Nathaniel, 17, 23,* 54.
Nehemiah, 23.
Polly, 54, 55.
Sarah, 55.
Susanna, 23.*
Wesley Ray, 220.
Blaney, Katherine, 19.
Bolton, Jane, 186.
Bond, Francis W., 202.
Thomas, 202.
Boomer, Jennie, 182.
Boost, Margaret, 252.
Booth, Lucy, 238.
Bopp, Mary, 234.
Borden, Mary, 259.
Boson, Rebecca, 29.
Winter, 29.
Bowler, B. M., 238.
Mabel Rebecca, 238.
Boyd, Grace F., 190.
Helen M., 165.
Hugh, 165.
Mahala Frances, 190.
Marian Perddow, 165.
William Francis, 190.
Boyden, Clarissa Bussey, 114, 181.
Daniel, 114, 181.
Susan, 114, 181.
Boyne, Margaret, 234.
Boynton, Fannie, 126, 199.
Lucy, 199.
S. N, 199.
Bradford, Elizabeth, 36.
John, 20, 36.*
Moses, 36.
Nathaniel, 36.
Sarah, 20, 86.*
Bradish, Abiah, 138.
Abigail, 138.
David, 188.
Elizabeth (Betsey), 87, 138, 139.
Hepsibah, 189.
John, 189.
Jonathan, 138, 139.
Joseph, 139.
Mary, 139.*
Robert, 139.
Bradstreet, Anna, 35.
Dudley, 36.
Elizabeth, 20, 36.*
John, 36.*
Joseph, 36.
Lucy, 36.
Margaret, 36.
Mary, 36.
Mercy, 36.
Priscilla, 36.
Simon, 20, 36.*
Brannigan, . . 243.
Brazer, John, 86.
Breck, Lucy, 180.
Brennan, Jennie Frances, 170.
John Francis, 170.
Brett, Betsey, 118, 182.
Cynthia, 119, 186.
Fanny, 182.
Mary' A., 144, 212.
Pliny, 182.
Bridges, Elizabeth, 47, 85.
James, 85.
Mary, 85.
Ruth C., 89.
Briggs, Charlotte, 225.
Ella E., 161.
Ella Eugenia, 225.
Hannah, 43.
Irene, 43.
Robert W., 225.
Bright, Abby D., 126.
Keziah, 68.
Brockmeyer, Tillie, 252.
Bronson, Beulah, 193.
Brooks, Levi P., 206.
Brooks, Maria Louise, 206.
Brown, . . 52,* 246.
Abijah, 67.
Amity, 121, 188.
Amy Ann, 98.
Capen, 189.
Charles Albert, 211.
Clara J., 184.
Edith Virginia, 246.
Eldora, 189.
Elizabeth, 67.
Emma F., 243.
Esther, 52.
I>etitia, 246.
280
Marian, 189.
Mary Ann, 211.
Mary Elizabeth, 230.
Milcah, 52.
Olive Faunce, 186.
Ralph, 186.*
Sarah, 255.
Theophilus R., 121, 188.
Browne, Lydia, 102.
Phinehas, 102.
Susanna, 58, 59.
Susannah, 102.
Brownell, Phila, 158.
Bryant, Annie B., 216.
Bessie L., 216.
Charles F., 216.
Buck, Amanda, 114.
Buckman, Ellen Maria, 209.
Sarah, 115.
Woodbury R., 209.
Bugbee, Abigail, 18, 26.
Bullard, Abigail, 91.
Benjamin, 91.
Irene, 49, 91.
Josiah, 91.
Judith, 91.
Submit, 49, 91.
William, 71.
Bullock, Annie B., 216.
Burbeck, Susan, 126.
Burden, Genevieve L., 252.
Leo Stanley, 252.
Burnap, John D., 123.
Susan S., 123.
Burnham, Ella, 242.
Burr, Alice L., 171, 231.
Aurelia, 231.
Gershom, 32.
Martin, 231.
Priscilla, 32.
Burton, Edward, 97, 154.
Edward Payson, 154.
Florence Augusta, 154.
Harriet Eliza, 154.
Harriette Allen, 97, 154.
Harrietta Eudora, 154.
Herbert Clark, 154.
Lillian, 154.
Lydia May, 154.
Mary Ridgeley, 154.
William Herbert, 154.
Bush, Frank, 176.
Frederick, 176.
Rosamond, 176.
Bushey, . . 257.
Blanche, 257.
Bushnell, Harriet, 192.
Butler, Hattie Lucinda, 190.
Mary Lucinda, 190.
Thomas, 190.
Byfield, Lillian, 154.
Cade, Blanche, 177.
Clara, 177.
Daniel, 177.
Grace, 177.
Maude, 177.
Pauline, 177.
Call, Elizabeth, 19, 27.*
John, 27.
Thomas, 27.*
Carpenter, Ezra, 97.
Margaret, 54, 97.
Pegg, 97.
Carr, Hannah, 205.
Carrington, Caroline, 102.
Stiles, 102.
Carter, Abigail, 137, 205.
Hannah, 205.
Joseph, 205.
Mary, 206.
Cates, Clarence, 176.
Fred, 176.
George, 176.
John P., 176.
Nancy P., 176.
Cerny, Rose, 177.
Chamberlain, Nancy (Ann), 104.
Ann (Nancy), 169.
Champ, Edward, 177.
Frank, 177.
John W., 177.
Lina, 177.
Mary Ellen, 177.
Champnoy, Marget Jane, 221.
Chapin, Mary J., 171.
Polly, 161.
Chapman, Clara Ruth, 182.
Edwin Frederick, 182.
Eliza Maria, 182.
Elizabeth, 182.
George F., 182.
George Hobart, 182.
George Hobart Jr., 182.
Chartres, Caroline, 158, 223.
Mary, 223.
William, 223.
Chase, Catherine Bradish, 139.
Daniel Downs, 139.
281
Mercy, 208.
Rachel, 133.
Sarah E., 208.
Susan, 137, 139.
Susan P., 207.
Thomas, 139.
William, 208.
Cheney, Eleanor, 128.
Jesse, 128.
Lucy, 78, 128.
Chickering, Caroline M., 148.
Esther, 148.
Harriet R., 148.
Leonard, 91, 148.
Lucy A., 148.
Nathaniel, 148.
Otis, 148.
Roxa, 91, 148.
Chessman, Lizzie, 242.
Child, Adeliza Charlotte, 119, 184.
Charlotte, 184.
Frederick Augustus, 184.
Childs, Miriam, 53, 94.
Choisel, Cora Amelia, 218.
Frank Walter, 218.*
Churchill, Clement C., 241.
Eva F., 241.
Fred Clement, 241.
Florence Marion, 241.
Forrest Leslie, 241.
Harry C., 241.
Mary Eliza, 241.
Nancy, 77, 126*
Rachel, 77.
Samuel, 77, 126.
Clap, Ann, 27.
Barbara, 15.
David, 27.
Edward, 15.
Elizabeth, 27, 38.
Hopestill, 26.
John, 18.
Jonathan, 18, 20, 27.*
Nathaniel, 27.*
Noah, 27.
Redegon (Redigan), 14, 15.
Sarah, 18,* 26, 27,* 50.
Silence, 18.
Susanna, 26.*
Clapp, Abbie R., 190.
Abbie Rowena, 243.
Anna, 54, 95.
Anna Larkin, 95.
Azubah, 44, 76, 194.
Azubah Capen, 76.
Benjamin, 45.
Bethania Emily, 243.
Charles G., 149.
David, 44, 76,* 95, 194.
David Capen, 194.
Ebenezer, 39.
Edward, 39.
Elizabeth, 104.
Elroy Ellsworth, 243.
Esther, 41, 69.
Experience, 42.
Flavia, 194.
Hannah, 39, 45, 105.
James, 127.
Jane, 76, 117, 194.
Joseph, 69.
Lelia Blake, 194.
Lemuel, 24, 39.*
Lucy Maria, 122, 194.
Lydia, 69.
Rachel, 69.
Rebecca, 39.
Redigon, 13.
Ruth, 76, 95.
Margaret E., 65.
Marion, 194.
Mary, 69, 127.
Mary Elizabeth, 76.
Mary Jane, 149.
Samuel, 54, 95.
Samuel Capen, 95.
Stephen, 69.
Stephen Blake, 122, 194.
Sussanna (h), 24, 39,* 45.
Susanna Humphreys, 76.
Theophilus Capen, 76, 117, 194.
William, 104.
Clarke, Abel, 12.
Submit, 12.
Thomas, 12.
Clark, Angie, 214.
Anna, 90.
Anne, 145.
Caroline M., 123.
Hannah, 145.
Henrietta Park, 161, 225.
Kate (Kathryn), 259.
Susan, 112, 117.
Tryphena, 146.
William, 145.
Cleveland, Alonzo, 160.
Mary Matilda, 160.
Nicholas, 160.
282
Sarah, 160.
Susan, 114, 181.
Clough, Elizabeth, 41.
Cobb, Bernard Capen, 132.
Caroline, 132.
David, 74.*
Mary Elizabeth, 83.
Farrar, 132.
Frances, 132.
Jane, 74.
Julia N., 132.
Mary Elizabeth, 132.*
Sanford, 132.
Sanford H., 83, 132.
Sophie L., 132.
Coffin, Lydia, 96. 151.
Colby, Mabel, 191.
Cole, Mary, 78.
Collier, Florence Marion, 241.
Francis Joseph, 241.
Joseph, 241.
Collins, Catherine, 96, 151.
Eliza A., 138.
Eliza Ann, 209.
Elizabeth, 151.
Norman, 151.
Colt, George, 165, 166.
James D., 165, 166.*
Leonora Sophie, 165.
Leonora Teresa, 165, 166.
Sarah, 165, 166.*
Colton, Miranda, 75, 131.
Reuben, 121.
Sally, 121.
Colwell, Hannah, 203.
John, 203.
John Edward, 203.
John W., 130.
John Whitman, 203.
Mary, 130, 203.
Mary Gilbert, 203.
Comey, Angeline Sherman, 259.
Helen, 259.
James Davis Driggs, 259.
Margaret, 259.
Comstock, Adeline Matchan, 194.
Conner, Katherine, 167.
Converse, Mary, 84.
Patience, 56.
Cook, Abbie D., 63.
Abbie Dyer, 107.
Eliza A., 245.
Josephine, 196.
Josiah D., 245.
Martha, 196.
Miller Jr., 196.
Sarah L., 201.
Sarah Lizzie, 245.
Coombs, Ardelia, 251.
Florence Mabel, 230, 251.
George Clinton, 251.
Cooper, Elizabeth Roberts, 186.
Jane, 186.
John, 186.
Paul, 186.
Samuel B., 186.
Copeland, Adeline, 244.
Cynthia, 226.
Cyrus T., 244.
Eleanor Dorothy, 244.
Elsie May, 244.
Elsie Rosamond, 244.
Lawrence B., 244.
Corliss, Deborah, 206.
John, 206.
Mary S., 206.
Cossett, Margaret, 58.
Courtenay, Dorcas, 22.
Covington, Nancy, 126.
Coy, Edward L., 231.
Grace May, 231.
Ralph W., 231.
Seth Willard, 231.
Coye, Adeline B., 196.
Cracker, C. H., 254.-
Crafts, Abraham Lincoln, 192.
Amanda Woods, 192.
Eliza Persis, 192.
Ellen Woods, 192.
George Herbert, 192.
Harry Gray, 192.
Lucy, 192.
Miranda Colton, 122, 192.
Myron Harwood, 122, 192.*
Rufus, 192.
Craig, Dulcena, 222.
Nathan, 222.
Sarah L., 156.
Sarah Louise, 222.
Crane, Ann Eliza, 181.
Elisha, 114, 181.*
Eliza, 114, 181.
Elizabeth, 71.
Friend, 181.
John Capen, 181.
Lucy Ann, 181.
Maria, 181.
Rebekah, 181.
283
Susan, 181.
Crawford, Emma, 244.
Crispel, Louis, 166.
Marie Madeline, 166.
Rosa, 166.
Crosby, Jonas How, 113.
Joseph, 69, 113.
Mary Esther, 69, 113.
Mary Pierce, 113.
Moses, 113.
Orestus, 113.
Simon, 113.
Crossman, Joanna, 127.
Croswell, Elizabeth, 27.
Cummings, Elizabeth, 43, 45, 77,*
174.
Elmer J., 258.
Mary, 48, 88.
Mina M., 258.
Samuel, 88.
Samuel Jr., 77.
Cunningham, Eliza, 61.
Curran, Joseph, 248.
Mary Ida, 248.
Curtice, Eleanor, 159.
Laurinda, 159.
Robert, 159.
Curtis, Deborah, 29, 53.
Eliot A., 131.
Grace, 53.
Harriet, 132.
Helen Morton, 132.
Jeanette G., 127.
Jeanette Gilman, 199.
Mary Russell, 90.
Nancy, 90.
Samuel, 53, 90.
Samuel S., 90.
Samuel W., 132.
William, 199.
Curtiss, Chloe, 73.
Josiah, 73.
Cushing, Fannie Gertrude, 237.
Robert C., 237.
Cutler, Addie Marden, 204.
Annie Otis, 174.
Benjamin, 173.
Benjamin F., 111.
Benjamin French, 173.
Esther, 109.
Fred, 204.
Grata, 173.
Harry Holden, 174.
Mabel Elizabeth, 174.
Marion Capen, 174.
Mary Elizabeth, 111, 173.
Cutting, Asa S., 248.
Mary Frances, 248.
Mary Jane, 248.
Sarah, 64.
Dadmun, Eunice, 85, 136.
Polly, 136.
William, 136.
Dalrymple, Abigail, 134.
Damsell, Annie F., 254.
Thomas E., 254.
Danforth, Albert, 206.
Betsey, 206.
Elizabeth, 24.
Emma Lucinda, 206.
John, 28.
Mercy, 208.
Rosanna E., 206.
William, 206.
Daniels, Abigail, 135.*
Charles, 135.
Eva, 66.
Henry J., 135.
Joseph, 135.
Juliany, 135.
Margaret, 97.
Mary, 135.
Patty, 135.
Sally, 85, 135.
Simeon, 85, 135.
Simeon Jr., 135.
Zilpah, 155.
Darling, Sarah A., 157, 223.
Russell, 208.
Dart, Justus, 119.
Mary Asenath, 119.
Darte, Erastus, 183.
Jesse, 256.
Justus N., 183.
Mary Asenath, 183.
Royal, 183.
Susan, 256.
Davenport, Abigail Tolman, 168.
Almira, 240.
Charles Francis, 168.
Cora B., 190.
Cora Bradford, 240, 243.
Ebenezer, 40, 63, 64.
Frank E., 188, 243.
Frank Elton, 240.
Isaac, 63.
Jesse, 240.
Lauretta Maria, 188, 240, 243.
284
Mary, 63.
Sarah, 64.*
Susanna, 40, 63.
Davis, Aaron, 39.*
Anna, 250.
Edward W., 250.
Eliza, 199.
Etta M., 219, 250.
Mary, 39.
Patience, 25, 39, 82.
Day, . , 168.
Catherine E., 168.
Dean, Annie M., 175.
Mary Eliza, 175.
Sarah A., 175.
William, 175.
De Bos, Lennie H., 228.
De Costa, John, 131.
Martha M., 131.
Degnan, Alexander, 151, 218.
Anna, 218.
Cora Amelia, 218.
Lydia Coffin, 151, 218*
Mary Alexander, 218.
Samuel Bryan, 218.
Dempsey, Grace Darling, 153.
William A., 153.
Denike, Andrew, 130.
Catherine, 130.
Sarah C., 130.
Dentry, Charles Gordon, 218.
Gladys, 218.
Katherine H., 151, 218.*
Robert B., 151, 218.
Robert Gordon, 218.
Dewing, Esther, 148.
Dexter, Rebecca, 39.
Diamond, . , 52.
Ruth, 52.
Dickerman, Adeline, 236.
Albert Sumner, 236.
Bessie Brett, 236.
Betsey, 81.
Gertrude Louise, 237.
James, 127.
Jerusha, 43.
Joanna, 127.
John Quincy, 236.
Lemuel, 81.
Mary, 77, 127.
Mildred, 237.
Stanley Brett, 237.
Dickey, Geo. E., 214.
Mary Amanda, 214.
Dimock, Bessie, 189, 242.
Daniel (David), 189.
David (Daniel), 242.
Emma A., 188, 241.
Myrtle, 189.
Dimond, Bertha, 191.
Ellen Woods, 193.
Harriet, 192.
Henry Cipperly, 192.
Isaac M., 122.
Isaac Marquand, 191.
James Crocker, 192.
Jesse, 191.
Mary Bates, 192.
Miranda Capen, 192.
Sarah, 192.
Sarah Capen, 192.*
Sarah Colton, 191.
Sarah P., 122.
William H., 193.
Dines, Charles Theodore, 251.
Frank Arthur, 251.
Fred Capen, 251.
Henry Edmund, 251.
Henry H., 223, 251.
Leslie William, 251.
Lillian Alice, 223, 251.
Sarah Lillian, 251.
Dodge, Mary, 173.
Mehitabel, 35.
Dolan, Anne, 261.
Anne Frances, 261.
Thomas, 261.
Dole, Moses, 31."
Ruth, 31.
Doolittle, . , 90.
D’Oreste, Rosa, 166.
Dorlow, Alice C., 219.
Alice L., 151.
Douglas, Abigail, 141.
Ebenezer, 141.
Francis, 87, 141.
Susanna (Susan), 87, 141.
Dow, Abigail, 168.
Downing, Caleb, 180.
Lydia, 112, 180.
Polly, 180.
Porter, 112, 180.
Dowse, Hannah, 84.
Sarah, 47.
Drake, Andrew, 190.
David, 172.
Eliza Melissa, 172.
Eunice, 172.
285
Harriet A., 121.
Harriet Amanda, 190.
Jane, 43.
Jemima, 74.
Lucy, 185.
Lucy Taylor, 190.
Nathan, 74.
Nathan Jr., 43.
Miriam, 155.
Patience, 43, 44, 74.
Sally, 156.
Samuel David, 172.
William, 155.
Draney, Elizabeth, 221.
Mae Cathern, 221.
Michael William, 221.
Draper, Rachel, 44.
Drayton, Mary Louise, 108.
Drury, Mary, 101.
Silma (Cyiene), 155.
Susanna (h), 57, 100.
William, 101.
Drvden, . . 257.
Stella, 257.
Dunckler, Hubbard, 122.
Mary, 122.
Dunbar, Ann T., 206.
Barnabas, 143.
Elmer B., 206.
Emma Lucinda, 206.
Henry B., 206.
Silence, 143.
Tela, 88.
Tyle (Tyla, Tiley), 143.
Dunn, Eliza, 76, 124.
Durfee, Alanson J., 155.
Ida Elvira, 155.
Dustin, Ruth, 137, 207.
Dwelley, Charity, 25, 41.*
Samuel, 41.
Dyer, . . 12.
George, 12.
Hannah, 60.
Sarah, 30.
Eager, Eliza, 170.
Elizabeth, 170.
Stephen, 170.
Eames (Ames, Emerson), Edward
E., 209.
Mary Eliza, 209.
Earle, Lydia, 148.
Mary B., 91, 148.
Oliver, 148.
Eastham, Clarissa, 193.
Eastman, Ira, 160.
Mary Jane, 160.
Eaton, Ella E., 187.
Eckhart, Charlotte Briggs, 225.
Charlotte Capen, 225.
Eleanor, 225.
Elizabeth, 225.
Marion West, 225.
Percy Bernard, 225.
Eddy, Rachel, 56.
Edes, Anna, 85, 134.
Isaiah, 134.
Mary, 134.
Edmands, Ann, 86.
David, 86.
Hannah, 86.
James Capen, 86.
John, 47, 86*
Mary, 47, 86.*
Sarah, 86.
Thomas, 86.
Edward, Mary Leavitt, 198.
Oliver, 198.
Edwards, Lydia May, 154.
Mary L., 126.
Eggleston, Alice M., 162.
Ann Eliza, 162.
Edwin, 162.
Eunice, 172.
Judson, 162.
Sally Celina, 101, 162.
William, 101, 162.
Elden, Ruth, 190.
Eliot, Mary, 17, 19.
Richard W., 110.
Ellithorp, David, 27.
Elizabeth, 27.
Ellsworth, Hannah, 214.
Kims, Abigail, 168, 228.
Kndicott, Marian, 189.
Kstey, Abigail, 144, 213.
Hannah, 144, 213.
Jeremiah, 213.
Etherage, Caroline, 110.
Jeremiah Fowle, 110.
Mary Capen, 110.
Samuel, 110.
Evans, Matthias, 49.
Patience, 25.
Relief, 29, 49.
Silence, 49.
Thomas, 25.
Zara Silk, 165.
Everendon, Mary, 88.
286
Everett, . , 146.
Aaron, 90.
Betsey Williams, 90.
Eliza, 89.
Elizabeth, 90, 93.
Edward, 50, 92.
Hannah, 89,* 92.
James, 92.
Joseph, 89, 90, 92.
Lucretia, 90.
Mary, 50, 92, 93.
Mary Russell, 90.
Moses, 90.
Oliver, 48, 89.*
Oliver Capen, 90.
Otis, 89.
Phebe, 90, 92, 146.
Susanna (h), 48, 89, 90.
Ewer, Bernard Capen, 231.
Charles Henry, 170, 231.
Harold Burleigh, 231.
Harold Charles, 231.
John, 231.
Mary Staples, 170, 231.
Rebecca, 231.
Fabian, Clara Ruth, 182.
Ferdinand, 182.
Harold P., 182.
Ruth M., 182.
Fales, Margaret, 54.
Pegg, 97.
Perez, 97.
Sarah Augusta, 216.
Fairbank, Daniel, 83.
Susan, 83.
Farmer, Elmer Capen, 198.
Mary Emma, 198.
Ruth Paul, 198.
Walter H., 198.
Farrar, Nellie Jane, 223, 251.
Fatio, Francis Philip, 165, 166.
John David, 166.
Lady Pauline, 166.
Leonora Teresa, 165, 166.*
Marie Madeline, 166.
Mary, 165.
Faulkner, . . 167.
Annie M., 103, 167.
Faxon, Sarah, 53.
Fay, Caroline L., 117.
Fearing, Ida Louisa Babcock
L.), 160, 224.
Fellows, Elizabeth S., 108.
Elizabeth Sweetser, 171.
Felt, Benjamin, 42, 71.*
David, 71.
Elizabeth Leuman, 71.
George, 71.
Jane, 71.
Jerusha, 71.
Jonathan, 71.
Jonathan Wells, 71.
Lovewell, 71.
Reuben, 71.
Robert, 71.
Waitstill, 42, 71 *
Willard, 71.
Fennick, Fannie, 174.
Fenno, Abigail, 48.
Bertha, 49.
Elizabeth, 47, 48.*
Ephraim, 47.*
Girls, 43.
Hannah, 27, 47, 48.
James, 48.
John, 27, 47,* 49.
Samuel, 48.
Thomas, 48.
William, 48.*
Fenton, Elisha, 98.
Julia, 55, 98.
Philata, 98.
Fiddler, Lester, 243.
Field, Eliza Ann, 249.
Fields, Anne, 232.
Annie M., 232.
Fred, 232.
Filley, Anna M., 216.
Charles W., 216
Josephine, 216.
Fisher, Abigail, 125, 130.
Amity, 147.
Charlotte, 147.
Daniel, 147.
Elizabeth, 77.
George A., 149.
Harriet R., 148.
Louise H., 147.
Lucy M., 149.
Luther, 147.
Mary, 77.
Mary E., 147.
Nabby (Abigail), 91,
Nathaniel Capen, 147.
(Ida Ora, 147.
William, 91, 147, 148.
Fishley, Benjamin, 173.
Frances Ellen, 172.
147.
287
Francis E., 110.
Mary, 173.
Fitch, Eleanor Thayer, 249.
Lois Gertrude, 249.
William Austin, 249.
Flagg, Clara, 246.
Edward Capen, 246.
Emerson E., 204, 246.
Emerson Edward, 246.
Frank Alexander, 246.
Hannah, 157.
Mae M., 246.
Minnie Lois, 246.
Rosella Platts, 204, 246.
Fletcher, Emma Izadore, 66.
Fliedner, Annie E., 167.
Flinn, Edward Lowry, 224.
Glenn Capen, 224.
Glenn Douglas, 224.
Harry Clark, 224.
Maria Louise, 224.
Marion James, 224.
Flint, Chauncey, 155.
Susan, 155.
Floyd, Philip Payson, 230.
Sallie Ann, 230.
Sarah M., 170.
Sarah Melinda, 230.
Fogg, Ann E., 178.
Charles N., 178.
Elizabeth E., 178.
Eva M., 178.
Frank, 178.
Newton, 178.
Ford, Ann, 98.
Bernard, 98.
Caroline, 98.
Elizabeth Williams, 98.
Joseph, 54, 98.
Lucy, 98.
Mary, 98.
Sarah, 54, 98.*
Sarah Capen, 98.*
Seth Howard, 98.
Fosdic, Mary Ann, 198.
Foster, Anna, 19.
Augusta, 155.
Charles, 177.*
Edith, 177.
Ellery, 177.
George, 163.
Hannah Capen, 105.
Hannah M., 168.
Hopestill, 18.*
James, 16, 18,* 105.
John, 60, 105*
Lemuel, 105.
Leola, 177.
Martha, 177.
Mary, 18,* 31, 105.
Patience, 18.
Reginald, 31.
Rose, 177.
Sarah, 60, 105.*
Sarah Ellen, 163.
Silence, 18.
Fowle, Abigail, 110.
Caroline, 110.
Cromwell, 110.
Edmund, 110.
Jeremiah, 110.
Mary, 110.*
Fowler, Abel, 221.
Emma, 155, 221.
Jeremiah, 67.
Marget Jane, 221.
Mary, 67.
Fox, John, 84.
Sarah, 84.
Francis, Louisa G., 233.
Franklin, Nathaniel, 114.
Sophia, 114.
Fraser, Christy Ann, 229.
Freeman (Freman), Charles F., 254.
Clara, 254.
Effie E., 254.
Elijah, 83.
Eliza A., 245.
John F., 256.
Julia A., 255.
M., 254.
Mary Ellen, 256.
Mary F., 254.
Susan, 83.
Susanna, 83.
W., 254.
Walter, 254.
W. H., 255.
French, . . 50.
Adeline, 236.
Elizabeth, 73.
Hannah, 81.
Jacob, 43.
Mary, 43.*
Sarah B., 94, 150.*
Froman, Marion, 187.
Fuller, Catherine, 85, 136.
Edward, 103.
288
Elisha, 103.
Elizabeth, 148.
Hannah, 136.
John, 58, 103, 163.
Joshua, 136.
Lodisa, 102, 103, 163.
Marcia Asenath, 103.
Philena L., 131.
Purchase Dwight, 103.
Rebecca, 103.
Theodosia, 58, 103, 163.
Furlong, Esther, 137.
Uriah, 137.
Gair, Beatrice, 236.
Gannett, Adeline, 229.
Benoni, 229.
Gardner, Nora, 235.
Garland, Amos, 247.
Betsey, 247.
Charlotte, 206, 247.
Garnett, Amanda, 179.
Amanda Melissa, 234.
Andrew Jackson, 234.
Margaret, 234.
Gaskins, Mary Jane, 230.
Gates, . , 52.
Ann E., 178.
Anne, 178.
Elizabeth, 112, 170, 177.
Everett H., 178.
Humphrey P., 178.
Martha J., 177.
Maurice, 178.
Milcah, 52.
Ralph E., 178.
Sidney, 112, 177.
Winslow W., 178.
Gay, Amity, 45, 87.
Azubah, 45, 81, 195.
Dorothy, 22.
Eliphalet, 22.
Elizabeth, 77, 80.
Jemima, 187.
Letitia, 246.
Lydia, 43, 83.
Mary, 74, 118.*
Mille, 44, 77.
Moses, 118.
Samuel, 22.
Sarah, 22.
Timothy, 45, 77, 81.
Giddings, Arthur S., 193.
Beulah, 193.
Beulah Emoroy, 193.
Capen Noble, 193.
Daniel, 193.
Emoroy B., 122.
Emoroy Beulah, 193.
Solomon P., 122.
Solomon Parks, 193.
Gifford, Christopher, 259.*
Deborah, 259.*
Hannah, 14.
Lydia (Russell), 258.
Mary, 259.
Perry, 258, 259.
Robert, 14.
Ruth, 258, 259.
William, 259.
Gilbert, Amanda, 160.
Ruth, 79, 130.
Gill, Abby, 130.
Abigail, 125, 130.
Abner Winthrop, 187.
Adam Capen, 187.
Alice Winthrop, 187.
Bessie Capen, 186.
Bessie Faunce, 187.
Clara Ellen, 186.
Clarence, 186.
Edith Upham, 186.
Elisha, 120, 186.
Elisha Stuart, 186.
Elijah, 125, 130.
Ella E., 187.
Emery, 186.
Emma Caroline, 186.
Eunice, 130.
Harriet L., 120.
Harriet Louise, 187.
Huldah, 120, 186.
Huldah Faunce, 186.
Irene Estelle, 187.
Jason, 187.
Laura Drake, 187.
Lloyd Wilder, 186.
Margaret Raymond, 186.
Marion, 187.
Marion Capen, 186.
Mary Ann, 187.
Mary Whitney, 186.
Matilda, 77.
Matilda Fisher, 124, 132.
Maydabelle, 187.
Sheldon, 186.
Gilmore, Eliza Stewart, 122.
Elizabeth, 161.
Robert, 122.
289
William, 122.
Glover, Benjamin, 37.
Edward, 41.
Elizabeth, 41, 129.
Elizabeth Leuman, 71.
Hannah, 22, 37, 44, 73, 96.
John, 22, 37*
Lydia, 37.
Lydia Barrett, 71.
Mary, 25, 40, 41.*
Miriam, 37.
Oliver, 71.
Priscilla, 20.
Rebecca, 73.
Thomas, 41, 73.
William, 25, 40, 41 *
Goddard, Anna, 104, 168.
Edward, 168.
Sarah, 174.
Goffe, Mary, 106.
Goldthwaite, Annie, 186.
Betsey, 79.
Carrie, 186.
Charles, 186.
Etta, 183, 236.
Gonsalez, E. T., 179.
Martha Ellen, 179.
Goodell, J. H., 214.
Narcissa Bowman, 214.
Goodridge, Lvdia, 163.
Goodwin, Arthur, 191.
Edward, 86.
Harold V., 191.
Jane, 191.
John, 84.
Martha, 47, 86.*
Persons Bartlett, 191.
Sarah, 84.*
Sarah Ann, 244.
Thomas, 84.*
Gordon, Bela W., 214.
Mary Amanda, 214.
Winfred, 197.
Gore, Lucretia, 90.
Gould, Alden Capen, 190.
Alvah Lamb, 190.
Benjamin, 211.*
Charles Osborn, 121, 190.
Clinton Alvah, 190.
Ellen Maria, 211.*
Frank Alton, 190.
Grace F., 190.
Hattie Lamb, 190.
Hattie Lucinda, 190.
Hazel Frances, 190.
James, 211.*
John, 190, 211.
Morilla, 190.
Ruth, 190.
Susan, 121, 190.
Stella May, 190.
Zacheus, 211.
Goulding, Anne, 178.
Gove, Ida, 239, 252.
Isaac, 252.
Orphia, 252.
Graff am, . . 220.
Lottie Meads, 220.
Grant, Matthew, 13.
Peter, 66.
Susanna, 13.
Vesta, 66.
Graves, . . 256.
Miranda, 256.
Gray, Benjamin, 86.
Clarissa, 193.
Ellen Woods, 193.
Harrison, 193.
James Harrison, 193.
Lucy Taylor, 190.
Rachel, 193.*
Sarah, 86.
Green, Addie M., 175.
Agnes A., 175.
Arthur Brigham, 223.
Charles, 175.
Eliza, 101.
Eliza (Elizabeth), 158.
Elizabeth Alice, 245.
Ellen Maria, 158, 223.
Ellis Myron, 158, 223.
Emily, 223.
Ezra, 158.
Gilbert, 175.
Hannah, 158.
Jane M., 175.
Mary, 234.
Mary Ellen, 234.
Peter, 234.
Samuel, 223.
William Capen, 223.
Greene, Amy Ann, 98.
M. Olive, 98.
Samuel, 98.
Greenwood, Elizabeth, 41, 68.*
Hannah, 136.
John, 68.
Grey, James Harrison, 122.
290
Rachel, 122.
Gridley, Elizabeth, 110.
Marietta, 68, 110.
William, 110.
Griswold, Edith, 171.
Frank, 171.
Grover, . , 257.
A. Hiland, 256.
Dina (Diadema), 256.
Guild, Caroline E., 66.
Caroline Elizabeth, 108.
Ora, 147.
Samuel, 147.
Gunderson, Helen Maria, 163.
John, 163.
Joseph G., 102.
Joseph Goodridge, 163.
Lydia, 163.
Susan, 102, 163.
Gurney, Anna, 92.
Hactan, Emma, 162.
Hagar, Edward McKim, 115.
Martha Worthing, 115.
Hall, Abigail, 22, 48.
Albert E., 122.
Andrew, 17,* 22.*
Dorcas, 22.
Dorothy, 22.
Edward, 22.*
Elizabeth, 22, 38.*
Flavia Caroline, 122.
Hannah, 22, 105.
Hester (Esther), 22.
Hopestill, 22.
John, 22.
Jonathan, 38.
Lucinda S., 206.
Mary, 22,* 205.
Polly, 54, 55.
Robert, 206.
Sarah, 22.
Susanna, 17, 22.*
Ham, Lydia, 153.
Hamden, Rachel, 213.
Hammond, Elizabeth, 42, 82.
Nathaniel, 42.
Hannum, Honor, 13.*
William, 13.
Hanscom, Abigail, 255.
Sally, 206, 254.
Hanson, Almira (Elmira), 254.
Hapford, Louise H., 147.
Hapgood, Amelia, 248.
Jennie Selina, 248.
William, 248.
Harding, Harry Blewer, 66.
Jane, 66.
Jesse, 66.
Mary Ann, 66.
Nellie Rebecca, 66.
Hare, Sally, 156.
Harmon, Margaret, 79.
Harr, Dora, 233.
Harrington, Annie A., 175, 235.
Ernest, 232.
Frank G., 175.
Fred R., 175.
Henry", 232.
John, 175.
John B., 235.
Lillian M., 175, 179, 235.
Mabelle L., 175.
Nellie M., 232.
Sarah, 156.
Walter, 232.
Harris, Anna Larkin, 95.
Ansel J., 201.
Daniel, 120.
Elizabeth (Betsey), 139.
Fred, 120.
Frederick E., 201.*
Hephzibah, 27.
Josephus, 128, 201.
Joshua, 120.
Mahala Frances, 190.
Mark, 139.
Martha, 86, 128, 201.
Martha Ripley, 140.
Mary, 120.
Melinda M., 120.
William, 95.
Hartwell, Abigail, 168.
Harwood (Herwood), . ,257.
E. Ellen, 212.
Emaline, 212.
Sally, 121.
Harvey, Charles, 29.
Susanna, 29.
Haskell, Charlotte, 147.
Hassall, Rosene, 241.
Hatch, . , 138.
Elizabeth A., 176.
Hannah, 86.
Harry, 176.
Martha, 87, 138.
Resign, 56.
Sarah (Sally), 138.
Thankful H., 104.
291
Thankful Holmes, 169.
Walter, 87, 138.
Havens, Jane, 144.
Haward (Hayward, Howard), Eu¬
nice, 80.
Hawes, Abby, 118.*
Azubah, 74, 117, 118.
David Cobb, 118.
Eleanor, 118.
Elisha, 118.
Elizabeth, 118.
Emory, 121.
Jerusha C., 117, 118.
Jonathan C., 117, 118.
Levi, 74, 118.*
Levi Jr., 117.
Lucy Abby, 121.
Mary Hannah, 118.
Phebe, 118.
Thomas C., 118.
Hawthorn, Katherine, 252.
Hayden, Abigail Bradford, 242.
Arthur Gunderson, 165.
Bethiah, 42, 71.
Caroline S., 149.
Charles Albert, 163.
Ebenezer, 71, 128.
Elijah, 164.
Eliza, 190.
Elizabeth, 71.
Enock, 164.
Florence, 165.
George, 242.
George Gunderson, 165.
Harriet A., 71.
Helen Gertrude, 165.
Helen M., 165.
Helen Maria, 163.
John, 164.
Mary, 71, 92.
Minnie F., 190, 242.
Moses, 42, 71.*
Nathaniel, 164.
Nehemiah, 164.*
Oliver, 71.
Polly, 71.
Robert, 71.
Robert Riggs, 165.
Sarah, 55, 128.
William, 164.
William Henry, 164.
Hayward (Haward, Howard)
Charles, 94.*
Charlotte Foster, 115, 128, 200.
Clarissa, 94.*
Ebenezer W., 126.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Churchill, 126.
Frederick Rupeke, 200.
Joseph, 115, 128, 200.
Manley, 200.
Mary, 200.
Mary Elizabeth, 200.
Nancy, 142.
Naomi, 142.
Samuel Manley, 115, 200.
Susan, 126.
Waldo Jr., 142.
William Edwin, 126.
Wilmot Joseph, 115, 200.
Rhoda Ann, 204.
William H., 204.
Haxton, Carrie, 183, 236.
Hazelet, Ann Maria, 175.
Hearsev, Annie Otis, 174.
Edith Cutler, 174.
Edward, 174.
Edward Langdon, 174.*
Marguerite, 174.
Mary, 174.*
Mildred, 174.
Winthrop Otis, 174.
Heath, David, 208.
George W., 208.
Jane, 208.
Mary E., 208.
Persis A., 208.
S. P., 206.
Henry, Phebe, 118.
Herwood (Harwood), Peter, 55.
Phebe, 55.
Hewins, Benjamin, 144.
David, H‘>, 1 1 I.
Hannah, 89, 144.*
Lovine, 144.
Nathan, 142.
Sarah, 144.
Susannah, 213.
Hewitt, Frederick, 170.
Mary F., 107.
Mary Frances, 170.
Hewson, Margaret Mae, 242.
Hihhard, Betty, 66.
Hicks, Ana (Anna) Woodward, 157.
Anna, 101.
Eunice, 157.
Prudence, 97.
Solomon, 157.
Hill, Alexander, 229.
Almira, 240.
292
Catherine Sarah Fraser, 229.
Charlotte F. S., 169.
Christy Ann, 229.
Eleanor, 118.
James, 118.
Susan, 96.
Hinds, Abraham, 100.
Alles (Alice), 100.
Benjamin, 100.
David, 100.
Eli, 100.
John, 100.
Jonathan, 100.
Joseph, 100.
Mary, 56, 100, 156.
Oliver, 56, 100, 156.
Polly, 100,* 101, 156.
Hitchcock, Dulcinea D., 144.
Samuel D„ 144.
Hitchings, Elizabeth Ann, 111, 176.
Hixon, John, 89.
Mary, 48, 89.
Sarah, 78, 89.
Hobart, David, 32.
Elizabeth, 54.
Ellen, 32.
Jeremiah, 21.
Noah, 30, 32,* 33, 34.
Peter, 32, 34.
Priscilla, 30, 32.
William, 54.
Hobbs, Selma (Selina), 155.
Hodgdon, George I., 245.
Rachel, 245.
Tabitha, 61.
Hodges, Esther, 146.
Mary, 118.
Hodgkins, Elizabeth, 112, 179.
Hepsibah, 85.
Hezekiah, 85.
Ruth, 85.
Hoffsess, Amey, 242.
Charles Edwin, 242.
Lizzie, 242.
Holbrook, Cynthia, 188.
Robert, 81.
Susannah Capen, 81.
Holcomb, Margaret, 58.
Nathaniel, 58.
Theodosia, 38, 58, 59.
Holden, Ann Rebecca, 173.
Hannah, 104.
Henry Cook, 173.
Leonard P., 110.
Leonard Preston, 173.
Mercy, 60, 103.
Rebecca, 110.
William, 104.
Hollis, Dorothy, 55.
Holmes, Abby Manning, 128.
Amity, 45, 81.
Caroline, 62.
Charles L., 153.
Edith Thayer, 153.
Elisha, 245.
Elizabeth, 41, 67.
Eunice, 43.
Hannah, 43.
Jane Elizabeth, 200, 245.
John C., 254.
Luella, 212.
Martha Washington, 245.
Nancy, 157.
Nathaniel, 67.
Samuel, 157.
Sarah, 67.
William A., 128.
Hooker, Rebecca, 119, 184.
Hooper, Amy Elizabeth, 236.
Frank A., 236.
Hopkins, Sibil, 101.
Hoskins, Sibbel, 161.
Hough, Sarah, 46.*
Houghton, Adeline Matchan, 194.
Ebenezer, 25.
Edward, 164.
Effie, 194.
George Greenleaf, 194.
Hannah, 85, 135.
Jane, 18, 25.
Lydia, 135.
Naaman, 135.
Howard (Haward, Hayward) Barna¬
bas, 78.
Caleb, 78.
Carrie Ethel, 215.
Charlotte, 81.
Clara Eliza, 226.
Clarence, 226.
Cynthia, 226.
Dana Hyde, 226.
Daniel, 81.
Eliza, 89.
Elizabeth P., 226.
Ella Augusta, 215.
Frederick Seymour, 226.
Frederick W., 226.
Hannah, 60.
293
Henry, 81.
Herman Capen, 215.
Job, 60.
Joshua, 93.
Letitia, 197.
Lilias Celina, 161, 226.
Lois, 70, 114.
Mabel, 226.
Marion Wilder, 215.
Mary Ann, 198.
Maude Stanley, 215.
Mehitable, 78.
Milton Harrington, 215.
Olive, 78.
Priscilla, 93.
Rachel, 114.
Relief, 81.
Reuben, 114.
Silence, 81.
T. N., 161.
Theodore Norman, 226.
Thomas Mussey, 198.
Howe, Sarah, 157, 158.
Howland, Deborah, 259.
Polly, 229.
Hubbell, Lulu L., 167.
Hubbs, Galena Josephine, 221.
Hulbert, Elizabeth, 151.
Humphrey (Humphreys, Humphries)
Elizabeth, 60.
Isaac, 39.
James, 60.
Jacob, 24, 38, 39.
Orphia, 252.
Ruth, 39.*
Thankful, 24, 38, 39.
Humphreys (Humphrey, Humphries)
Abigail, 104.*
Barnard, 104.
Elizabeth, 104.*
Hannah White, 104.
Harris, 104.
Henry, 104, 105.
James, 104.
Jane, 104.
Joseph, 104.
Lois, 104.*
Mary Ann, 104.
Ruth, 27, 76, 95.
Sarah, 104, 105.
Samuel, 27.
Humphries, Catherine Clapp, 115.
Hunt, Abigail, 71.
Brimmead, 71.
Grata, 173.
Jerusha, 71.
Hunting, Abigail, 65.
Asa, 65.
Mary Ann, 40, 65.
Huntington, Dulcena, 222.
Hyde, Carol Baxter, 133.
George E. Jr., 133.
Ingham, George F., 189.
James, 189.
Mary, 189.
Mary Juntina, 189.
Jackson, Elizabeth, 68.
Jacobs, Deborah, 30.
Jenks, Cynthia, 102, 162.
Polly, 58, 102.
Jenkins, Donald Eugene, 235.
Fay Blanchard, 235.
Gertrude Irene, 235.
Nora, 235.
Samuel Henry Blanchard, 235.
Jennings, Alice, 234.
Margaret, Franklin, 61, 106.
Jepherson, Ezekiel, 119.
Hepzibah, 119.
Mary Brock, 74, 118.
Johnson, Abigail, 138.
Corinne G., 236.
Eliphalet, 43.
Fally, 203.
Helene, 236.
Joanna, 204.
Martha Louise, 141, 211.
May, 225.
Mercy or Marcy, 50.
Susanna, 113.
Thomas, 236.
Jollotta, Laura, 179, 235.
Orpha, 233.
Jones, Abigail, 43.
Annie Laura, 195.
Capen Swan, 195.
Ebenezer, 42.
Edwin Arthur, 196.
Elizabeth, 42.
Elsie, 176.
Jefferson, 246.
Harriet Matilda, 196.
Henry, 195, 196.
Henry Swan, 195.
Laura Augusta, 246.
Letitia, 246.
Lucy Ann, 176.
Mary M., 195, 196.
294
Ziba, 176.
June, Mary C., 75, 122.
Karouth, Cressie, 257.
Keene, Abigail Bradford, 242.
Mary Abbie, 242.
Kellogg, Alice Brownwell, 200.
Arthur Thomas, 200.
Asahel Gage, 127.
Chester, 199.
Clara Mae, 200.
Eliza, 199.
Eliza A., 128, 199.
Ella Emogene, 200.
Helen, 127.
Henry Francis, 199.
Lucy, 192.
Mary Eliza, 200.
Thomas, 128, 199.
Kemp, Mary, 134.
Kempton, Alice, 115.
Kennedy, Alfred, 187.
Clara Ellen, 186.
Laura, 187.
Louise Venable, 187.
Olive Faunce, 186.
Richard H., 186.
Richard Morrell, 187.
Theodore, 187.
Kenny, Andrew, 70.
Betsey, 70.
Elijah, 70.
Esther, 70.
Hannah, 70.
John, 70.
Lydia, 42, 70.*
Naam, 70.
Robert, 70.
Sally, 70.
Sarah, 70.
Silas, 42, 70.*
Thomas, 70.
Kent, Eliza Jane, 206.
John, 206..
Kenwood, Jane, 68, 111.
Kerwin, Albert, 242.
Burton L., 242.
Burton Lawrence, 242.
Ethel Marie, 242.
Josephine, 242.
Ketcham, Florence, 165.
George Franklin, 165.
Ida Josephine, 165.
Keyes, Bertha Ellen, 228.
Charles, 228.
Clifton Earle, 228.
Cora, 228.
Cora Belle, 228.
Edmund Capen, 228.
Elbert James, 228.
Elbert M., 163, 228.
Frederick Elias, 228.
Grace Ann, 228.
Henry, 228.
Homer Raymond, 228.
Lennie H., 228.
Sophronia E., 228.
Susan Theodosia, 163, 228.
Verg, Pearle, 228.
Wilbur Leroy, 228.
Keyser, George W., 187.
Irene Estelle, 187.
Mary Claypole, 187.
Kibble, Ada Isabelle, 230.
Kimball, Harriet, 64.
Nathaniel, 90.
Susanna, 90.
King, Daniel, 238.
Elmer M., 184.
Elmer Miller, 238.
Ida, 184, 238.
Lucy, 238.
Mabel Rebecca, 238.
Mary Elizabeth, 238.
Nathan Capen, 238.
Kingsbury, Abigail, 49.
Jeremiah, 49.
Joanna, 65.
Rest, 49.
Susan, 40.
Kingsley, David, 103.
Marcia Asenath, 103.
Kinneally, Mary, 234.
Kirwan, Helen Maria, 220.
Ida Antoinette, 220.
Richard B., 220.
Kittridge, Granville, 127.
Lois, 127.
Knaggs, Emma P., 212.
Knapp, Electa P-, 123.
Knoepfel, Carl, 234.
Letitia, 234.
Mary, 234.
Knox, Augustus, 214.
Eliza, 214.
Josephine T., 214.
Knight, Ida Josephine, 165.
Lake, Arthur, 128.
Sarah R., 128.
295
Lambert, Rachel, 44, 75.
Lamson, Mary E., 96.
Mary Elliot, 152.
Lane, . , 87, 141, 150.
Anna, 19.
Job, 19.
Sarah, 25.
Sarah B., 150.
Susanna, 87, 141.
Langley, Nathaniel, 29.
Susanna, 29.
Larabee, Benjamin, 83.
Eliza Paul, 83.
Susan, 83.
Larkin, James, 8G.
Mary, 86.
Thomas, 86.
La Roza (La Rozo), Lucy J., 219.
Latham, Nettie, 199.
Lathrop, Hannah R., 143.
Lawrence, Hannah, 16, 19.
Hiram, 127.
John, 19.
Susan Elizabeth, 127.
Susanna, 19.
Lawson, Cora, 188.
Mary, 135.
Lawton, Ruth White, 193.
William C., 193.
Leach, Rebecca, 179.
Leadbetter, Ruth, 39.
Sarah, 52.
Leader, Leon I., 246.
Minnie Lois, 246.
Learned, Harriet W., 250.
Leathers, Sarah, 254, 255.
Ledbetter, Drury, 166.
Mary, 165, 166.
Leeds, Elizabeth, 29, 48.*
Hopestill, 27.
Samuel, 48.
Sarah, 27.
Leighton, George E. R., 239.
Henrietta, 187, 239.
Sarah, 239.
Sarah A., Ill, 175.
Leland, Reliance, 174.
Lennox, Jane, 225.
Leonard, Caroline M., 123.
Electa, 123.
Eliza A., 123.
Henry L., 123.
Jacob, 44.
Jennie, 123.
Jerusha, 44, 49.
J. Franklin, 123.
Joel, 75, 123.
John C., 123.
Julia, 123.
Lois, 77, 126.
Mary, 44.
Nathaniel, 44, 49.
Rudolphus, 80.
Ruth, 80.
Susan S., 75, 123.*
William G., 123.
Lester, Bessie Brett, 237.
F., 237.
Le Valley, Jennie, 229.
Lewis, Abbie, 182.
Abigail, 91.
James, 25.
Lydia Barrett, 71.
Sarah, 25.*
Libby, Nellie F., 248.
Walter F., 248.
Lillie, Alice, 256, 257.
Hannah, 257.
Stewart, 257.
Lincoln, Sarah, 25.
Thomas, 25.
Linfield, Angeline, 125.
Eliza, 189.
Isaac N., 125.
Jefferson R., 189.
Mary Z., 121, 189.
Milly, 125.
Z., 125.
Liscum, Charity, 41.
Littlefield, Grayce, 231.
Hannah, 79, 131.*
Samuel, 131.
Susan, 145, 214.
Livermore, Maria E., 134, 204.
Locke, Letitia, 248.
Long, Anson Darling, 153.
Eliza, 153.
John, 197.
Sarah S., 125, 196.
Submit, 197.
Zilpha Means, 153.
Loomis, Aaron, 171, 172.
Elizabeth, 171, 172.
Melissa, 109, 171.
Samuel Collins, 109, 172.
Sarah (Sally), 109, 172.
Lord, . . 90.
296
Lothrop, Caleb, 32.
Ellen, 32.
Isaac, 30, 31, 32,* 33, 34.
Madam, 34.
Nathaniel, 32.
Priscilla, 30, 31, 32.
Thomas, 32.
Loud, Frances E., 82.
Mary Tolman, 82.
Loveland, Edith, 171.
Low, Elizabeth, 35.
Harold William, 194.
Harold William Jr., 194.
John, 35.
Marion, 194.
Richard M., 194.
Lowe, Corydon Capen, 240.
Dexter Marion, 188, 239.
Domitila, 240.
Edmund, 203.
Eliza, 188, 239.
Emma Alice, 240.
Ephraim, 240.
Fally, 203.
Julia Frances, 131, 203.
Larkin Corydon, 240.
Maria, 240.
Mary Eliza, 240.
Rupert Fay, 240.
Lowell, Anne W., 208.
Fred G., 208.
Lowry, Theresa J., 160.
Theresa L., 224.
Lucas, Mary T., 152.
Ludden, Anna, 52.
Asa, 52.
Benjamin, 29, 52.
Benjamin (Bezer), 52.
Daniel, 52.*
Deliverance, 52.
Dorathy, 52.
Eli, 52.
Elisha, 52.
Esther, 29, 52.*
Eunice, 52.*
Jesse, 52.
Milcah, 52.
Ruth, 52.
Lyke, Carrie L., 99.
Lyon, Chloe Richmond, 196.
Elizabeth, 17.
Jane, 25, 41.
Lucy, 120.
Peter, 42.
Samuel, 17.
Waitstill, 42.
McAlpine, Minerva J., 185.
McCaull, Charles E. (W), 219.
Lily Franklin, 219.
McClintock, John S., 186.
Marion Capen, 186.
Mclntire, Darling, 158.
Julia Ann, 157.
Levator, 157.
Phila, 158.
McKendry, Harriet, 132.
McLaughlin, Donald H., 225.
Eleanor, 225.
McMurray, Frances, 132.
McRaith, Ellen, 203.
Mary Esther, 203.
Thomas, 203.
Mabee, Jane, 174.
Mary Jane, 232.
Mace, Emma Caroline, 186.
Macfadden, . , 257.
Macomber, Abby, 118.*
Marietta, 110.
Stephen, 110.
Maier, Eda L., 225.
Malone, Josephine, 216.
Malvey, Sarah Ann, 209.
Mann, Anna, 216.
Sarah, 149.
Mansfield, Lucy, 68, 112.
Rachel, 112.
Samuel, 112.
Markovetz, Emma, 261.
Marquand, Bertha, 191.
Marsh, Aurelia, 156.
Sally, 156.
Tyler, 156.
Tyler Jr., 156.
Marshall, Hannah, 85, 135.
Joseph, 135.
Marston, Lucretia A., 139.
Lucretia Augusta, 210.
Lucy, 199.
Sarah, 210.
Zachariah, 210.
Martell, David M., 119.
Numen Allen, 119.
Vilma Aadel, 119.
Martin, Elizabeth P., 226.
Florence May, 231.
Mary Whitney, 186.
Martinez, Theodorita, 240.
Mason, Ebenezer, 156.
297
Keziah, 212.
Lydia, 156.
Sally, 156.
Masterman, Hannah, 84.
James, 84.
Marmaduke, 84.*
Sarah, 84.
Matthews, Abigail, 71.
Matthewson, Arthur L., 220.
Edith May, 220.
Gertrude May, 220.
Louis Irving, 220.
Mayo, Henrietta Abby, 253.
Mead, Abbott Capen, 232.
Abigail Tolman, 168.
Clifford Stickney, 232.
George A., 173.
George Abbott, 232.
Gertrude, 173, 232.*
John, 232.
Katherine, 232.
William, 168.
Melchor, Hannah, 74.
Jerusha, 74.
Levi, 74.
Merriam (Merion), C., 193.
Charles, 122, 193.
G., 193.
Lydia, 26, 45, 46, 83.*
Nathaniel, 83.
Rachel, 122, 193.
Ruth White, 193.
Merrill, Abiah, 138.
Sarah S., 101.
Sarah Sumner, 162.
Merritt, Elizabeth, 55, 57.
Mary, 37, 56.
Ruth, 100.
Messer, Angie, 214.
Elijah Capen, 214.
Eliza A., 214.
George Capen, 214.
George W., 145.
George Wendell, 213.
Hannah, 214.
Hannah Morse, 214.
Henry William, 214.
V
Isaac, 214.
Julia, 214.
Lydia, 214.
Martha, 214.
Mary Amanda, 214.
Miranda (Minnie) Winship, 214.
Nancy, 145, 213.
Narcissa Bowman, 214.
Olive Nancy, 214.
Richard Baxter, 214.
Metcalf, Jane, 160.
Meunier, Helene, 236.
Miller, Alice, 254.
Caroline, 132.
Lillian, 260.
Mary, 22.
P. McNaughton, 132.
Samuel, 22.
Wilbur, 254.
Mills, Annie, 167.
Carrebella, 163.
Dolly Ann, 167.
Dwight, 163.
Ervine, 163.
Frederick, 167.
Matilda, 163.
Mingo, Fannie Gertrude, 237.
Harold L., 237.
Minit, Mr., 12.
Mitchell, Charles Nathan, 236.
Ruth Hall, 236.
Moehle, Louise, 165.
Monk, Elijah, 195.
Eliphalet, 77.
Eunice, 45, 78.
George, 43, 78.
George Randall, 77.
Jacob, 77.
Mary, 200.
Milly, 77.
Nabby, 195.
Rachel, 77.
Samuel, 77.
Sarah, 77, 78.
Sarah Matilda, 81, 125, 132, 195.*
Rebecca Swan, 77.
Wendell, 125, 132, 195.
Moody, Elizabeth, 207.
Moore, Clara Mae, 200.
Eliza Ann, 72.
Elizabeth Ann, 115.
Joan (Johanna), H. P., 63.
William, 115.
Moreton (Morton), Eleazer, 120.
Lucy, 74, 120.*
Morgan, (Morgain), Ann, 39.
Olive Nancy, 214.
Ralph, 39.
Richard, 214.
Thankful, 39.
Moriarity, Elizabeth, 221.
298
Morrell, Frances E., 208.
Hannah B., 117.
Nathan, 208.
Morris, Mary Ann, 170.
Sarah, 160.
Morrison, Mary, 182.
Miranda Capen, 192.
Nathan J., 192.
Morse, Amos, 91.
Ellen (Helen), 113, 180.
Ephraim, 210.
Hannah, 145, 215.
Jonathan T., 113, 180.
Mary, 49, 91.*
Sally, 210.
Sukey (Susan), 210.
Morton, Abigail, 42.
Ambrose, 42.
Azubah, 45, 81.
Hannah, 42.
Isaac, 42, 43.
Nathaniel, 45, 81.
Sarah, 42.
Seth, 42.
Moseley, Betsey, 52.
Beulah, 52.
Ebenezer, 51.
Elisha, 51.
Flavel, 51.
Hannah, 51,* 60.
Joseph, 51.
Nathaniel, 29, 51.*
Sarah, 29, 51, 52.
Thomas, 51.
Uriel, 51.
Moses, Luella A., 179, 234.
Ruth, 234.
T. G., 234.
Muller, Lady Pauline, 166.
Mullett, Anna, 156, 157.
George, 156.
George Jr., 156, 157.
Mary Eliza, 157.
Roxanna, 156.
Mulvey, Phebe, 248.
Richard, 248.
Sarah Ann, 248.
Mumford, Ada, 167.
Munger, Asa, 161.
Eliza, 161.
Polly, 161.
Munroe, Amos, 56.
Ann, 56.
Murphy, Ethel, 174.
John E., 174.
Murray, Nellie, 261.
Muzzey, Letitia H., 126.
Muzzy, Molly, 56.
Needham, Florence A., 153.
Neel, Artie, 233.
Charles, 233.
Clara Abba, 233.
Ray, 233.
Nelson, Beatrice, 236.
Bessie A., 236.
Charles Alexander, 178.
Emma C., 178.
Farfnie Bishop, 183, 236.
Frederick William, 178.
Harriet Coy, 178.
Israel P., 178.
Jane, 112, 178.
John, 178.
John Capen, 178.
Justus H., 183, 236.
Luther Townsend, 236.
Martha Furber, 178.
P., 112.
Ruth Beatrice, 236.
Sarah Louise, 236.
William Henry, 178.
William Taylor, 236.
Newton, . . 257.
Niles, Anna, 52.
Edla M., 185.
Effie May, 185.
Eva, 185.
Louis D., 185.
Minerva, 185.
Sands, 52.
Nicholl, Mary O., 176, 233.
Nichols, Dolly Ann, 167.
Lucy Ann, 134, 204.
Nitchie, Sophie L., 132.
Noble, Arthur, 106.
Jane, 106.
Mary, 106.
Norcott, Lydia, 37.
Norris, Emma C., 178.
Norton, Charles W., 204.
Howard, 204.
Joanna, 204.
Leslie H., 204.
Lillian Frances, 204.
Peter, 204.
Noyes, Georgia Adams, 153.
Roger Capen, 153.
William E., 153.
299
Nye, Elijah, 26.
Lydia, 26.
Mary E., 147.
Oberlin, Jean Frederic, 124.
O’Brien, Lydia, 148.
Ockington, Hopestill, 22.
O’Connor, Nellie Marie, 154, 220.
Odell, Anna, 216.
Ira, 216.
Janet F., 150.
Janet Frances, 216.
Olds, Hannah, 167.
Oliver, George W., 216.
Jennie B., 216.
Lucy Chadsey, 216.
Packard, Abiah, 80.*
Asa, 127.
Betsey B., 121, 188.
Caroline, 145, 215.
Charlotte, 81.
Cynthia, 188.
Eunice, 45, 80.*
Hannah, 149.
Herman, 80.
Howard, 45, 80.
Huldah, 74, 119.
Isaac H., 81.
Jane, 45, 80.
Jane B., 81.
Mary, 189.
Mary S., 127.
Orin, 188.
Robert, 119.
Sarah, 119.
Silence, 81.
Susannah Capen, 81.
Paige, Sarah Jane, 239.
Paine, Deliverance, 52.
Eunice, 80.
Margaret Susanna, 63.
Samuel H., 63.
Parker, Betsey, 247.
Elisha, 73.
George Lowell, 230.
Huher, 233.
Ida Thankful, 230.
Jerusha, 23.
Martha P., 233.
Partlow, Clara J., 184.
Elmer Ellsworth, 184.
Flavia Antoinette, 184.
Orman, 184.
Partridge, David, 95.
Mary Fales, 95.
Merian, 95.*
Warren, 95.
Paston, Delia, 233.
Paul, Abigail, 42, 45.
Almira, 77, 125, 198.
Elizabeth, 45.
George, 168.
Rachel, 77.
Rachel Atherton, 82.
Richard, 198.
Ruth, 82, 125.
Ruth Bussey, 168.
Samuel, 45, 82,* 125, 198.*
Pavson, Edward, 17, 19.
Mary, 16, 17, 19.*
Susanna (h), 16, 17.
Peabody, Daniel, 31.
Elizabeth, 36.
Francis, 36.
Hannah, 31.
John, 31.
Joseph, 36.
Loucy (Lucy), 31.
Mary, 31.
Nathan, 30.
Priscilla, 30, 31.
Ruth, 31.
Pearce, Relief, 134.
Pearson, Christina, 221.
Christine Emmaline, 221.
Dora Wilma, 221.
Eric, 221.
Eric Conrad, 221.
Harry Conrad, 221.
John Eric, 221.
Paul Guy, 221.
Pease, Elizabeth, 172.
Peaslee, Abbie Ann, 175.
Clarence Lister Capen, 175.
George L., 175.
Peck, Louise M., 162, 227.
Pellerin, Marie De Neige, 205.
Sarah G., 205.
Sarah Goodell, 247.
Pendleton, Fannie, 230.
Pepin, Delia, 260.
Mary Blais, 260.
Maxime, 260.
Perkins, . . 257.
Caroline S., 149.
Erastus Sidney, 149.
George Franklin, 149.
Hannah, 149.
Samuel Capen, 149.
.300
Sarah, 93, 119, 149.
Sarah E., 149.
Sarah Elizabeth, 149.
Sidney, 93, 149.
Susanna, 142.
Zadoc, 149.
Perrin, Mary, 39.
Perry, Caroline M., 148.
Deborah, 259.
Eleanor Thayer, 249.
Petrick, Edward H., 153.
Isabel Augusta, 153.
Lucy M., 153.
Theodore H., 153.
Pettee (Pettes), Nancy, 145.
Pettingill, Arthur Gooding, 245.
Bertha Frances, 245.
Miriam, 245.
Philbrook, Abbie Ann, 175.
Ann Maria, 175.
John Marsten, 175.
Phillips, Abigail, 26, 46.
Adeline, 189.
Lydia, 46.
Susanna Capen, 46.
Thomas, 26, 46.
Pierce, . , 183.
Adeline, 118, 183.
Clara Isabel, 240.
Hannah, 39.
Mary Lucinda, 190.
Susanna, 42.
Thomas, 42.
Pike, Humphrey, 112, 179.
Humphrey Jr., 179.
Mary Ann, 112, 179.
Pinckard, Elizabeth, 161.
George Robbins, 161.
Laura M., 161.
Pinkham, Abraham, 79.
Hannah, 79.
Pinson, Edmund, 47.
Sarah, 27, 47.*
William, 47.
Piper, Betsey, 191.
Pitcher, Abijah, 121.
Chloe, 48, 90.
Elizabeth Upham, 74, 121.
Rebecca, 121.
Pittee (Pettis), Amy, 146.
Betsey Drake, 146.
Chester, 146.
Chloe, 146.
Daniel, 90, 146.*
Ebenezer, 147.
Elizabeth, 77.
Hannah, 147.
Harriot, 147.
Huldah, 90, 146.
Jervis, 146.
Joel, 147.
Maria, 146.
Mary, 91.
Nancy, 89.
Olive, 147.
Rothens, 147.
Rowena, 147.
Sally, 90, 146, 147.
Samuel, 146.
Seth, 90, 146.*
Platts, Isaac, 133.
Rachel, 133.
Rhoda, 85, 133.
Plumley, Lydia, 58, 103.
Plympton, Eugene Capen, 201.
Harriot M., 201.
Lewis Frederick Smith, 201.
Louisa, 128, 201.
Louisa A., 201.
Lyman, 128, 201.
Lyman M., 201.
Olive, 201.
Ziba Jr., 201.
Poole, Alanson, 167.
Alberta, 167, 228.
Caroline, 103, 167.
Charles W., 228.
Hannah, 167.
Nellie, 228.
Pond, Frances I., 124.
Frances Isabella, 194.
Mary Eliza, 241.
Pope, Abiah Bradish, 139.
Abiah Capen, 139.
Anna, 92.*
Azor, 92.
Charles Tabour, 139.
Elijah, 78, 92.
Frederick, 78, 139.
Frederick Capen, 139.
George, 139.
Hannah, 139.
Helen, 139.
James, 49, 92.*
Jerusha, 43.
Lazarus, 43.
Lucy, 92.
Luther, 92.
301
Mary, 78.
Milly, 92.
Oliver, 92.
Ralph, 49, 92.
Rebecca, 49, 73, 92 *
Relief, 92.
Rufus, 92.
Sarah, 49, 92.
Susanna, 78.
Ward, 92.
William, 139.
Porrey, Arthur, 157.
Charles V., 157.
William, 157.
Porter, Clarence, 243.
Elizabeth, 44, 80.
Fannie, 80.
Florence M., 190, 243.
Joseph, 44.
Joseph Jr., 44.
Malatiah, 44.
Polly, 180.
Robert, 80.
Robert Jr., 80.
Post, Ann Jeannette, 159.
Powers, Anne, 261.
Clara, 246.
Pratt, Abigail, 50.
Deborah, 129.
Clara Isabel, 240.
Emma Alice, 240.
Forrest Clark, 240.
George W., 240.
Joseph, 50.
Josiah, 50.
Marian Eliza, 240.
Matilda H., 80.
Sarah, 50.
Walter George, 240.
Pray, Mary, 63.
Prentiss, Abigail, 67, 109.
Esther, 109.
Stephen, 109.
Prescott, Abigail, 134.
Avery, 85, 134.
Betsey, 85, 134.
Charles H., 134.
Joseph, 134.
Presson, Susanna, 87.
Preston, Abigail, 28.
Elisha, 94.
Elizabeth, 28.
John, 20,* 28.*
Margaret, 28.
Mary, 20,* 28.*
Mira, 94.
Preserved, 28.
Price, Lusanna, 88.
William, 88.
Priest, Bertha, 182.
Prince, Anthony, 211.
Benjamin, 210.*
George, 211.
James, 210.
Joel, 210.
John, 210,* 211*
Richard, 211.
Sukey (Susan), 210.
Susan, 139, 210.
Thomas, 210.
Proctor, Gertrude Adele, 209.
Prouty, Anita Lydia, 222.
Ann, 37, 55, 56.
Caleb, 56.
Cheney Porter, 157, 222.
Deborah, 55.
Elizabeth, 37, 55, 57 *
Hannah, 56.
Harvey, 222.
Isaac, 55, 57, 222.
Jacob, 37, 55, 56, 222.
Joshua, 56.
Lucy, 56.
Lydia, 56, 222.
Mabel R., 222.
Mercy, 56.
Miriam, 56.
Molly, 56.
Nathan, 56, 222.
Patience, 56.
Phebe, 55.
Rachel, 56.
Resign, 56.
Richard, 55, 222.
Samuel, 56.
Susan Maria, 222.
Susan Meriah, 157.
Puffer, Sarah, 114.
Purchase (Purchis), Joan, 13, 14.
Oliver, 13, 14.
Putnam, Douglas, 122, 192.
Priscilla, 35.
Sarah, 192.
Sarah P., 122.
Tarrant, 35.
Putney, Betsey, 206.
Rackemann, Charles S., 62.
Randall, Eleanor, 151.
Milly, 77.
302
Osgood, 151.
Raye, Clara Field, 175.
Margaret Capen, 175.
Mary, 224.
Philip Capen, 175.
William H., 175.
Raymond, Ella, 242.
Frank, 242.
Lester E. B., 242.
Lucy, 160.
Martha, 161.
Minnie Belle, 242.
Winslow Burnham, 242.
Raynolds, Benjamin, 89.
Hannah, 89.
Rawson, Edwd., 12, 13.
Read, Domitila, 240.
Larkin G., 240.
Theodorita, 240.
Reed, Amelia, 257.
Abby Manning, 128.
Anna (Nancy), 200.
Daniel, 84,*
Ella M., 213.
Ida A., 256.
John, 128.
Mary, 84.
Nelson, 258.
Samuel, 84.
Samuel Jr., 47, 84.
Sarah, 47, 84.
Reger, Sarah H., 151.
Reupecke (Reupcke), Betsey, 78, 128.
Reupcke, John Christian, 128.
Sarah, 128.
Reynolds, . , 138.
Fannie L., 242.
Franklin S., 185.
Frank Wesley, 185.
George, 132.
Julia N., 132.
Lucy, 185.
Marion, 185.
Mary Abbie, 242.
Mary Latham Bates, 185.
Orin S., 242.
Philip, 185.
Ruth Capen, 185.
Rhinehardt, Sarah, 172.
Rhoades, Harriet A., 71.
Rice, Rosamond R., 176.
Rich, Hope M., 131.
Richards, Amy, 146.
Anna, 92.
Barney, 92.
Benjamin, 72.
Caroline, 95.
Esther, 146.
Hannah, 42, 72, 89.
Isaiah D., 95.
Jeremiah Jr., 213.
Lucy, 66.
Mary, 72, 92.
Moses, 146.
Nathaniel, 92.
Relief, 92.
Susan, 144, 213.
Susannah, 213.
Thomas Pownal, 92.*
Richardson, Martha Washington, 245.
Riche, Sarah, 37, 57.
Richison (Richardson) Abigail, 255.
Catherine, 255.
Stephen, 255.
Riddle, Anna Belle, 234.
Ridgley, Mary Ann, 97.
Richard, 97.
Ritter, Elizabeth, 172.
Joseph, 172.
Julia, 172.
Robbins, Eliza Persis, 192.
Robie, Ruth Ellerene, 230.
Robinson, . , 257.
Ann Eliza, 162.
Bertha A., 257.
Colen, 162.
Edward, 87, 140.*
Elizabeth B. (Betsey), 87, 140.
Frederick, 140.
George, 140.
Harriet, 87, 140.
Harriet Almira, 199, 244.
Helen, 140.
James Madison, 244.
John Thomas, 140.
Martha Ripley, 140.
Mary, 97.
Mary M., 217.
Sarah Ann, 244.
Stephen N., 97.
William C., 140.
Rockwell, Susanna, 13.
William, 13.
Rogers, Arietta, 205, 247.
Eliza, 153.
Rolfe, Alta, 256.
Martha J., 256.
Sylvanus, 256.
303
Root, Ezekiel, 166.
Sarah, 165, 166.*
Ross, Bessie Juliet, 239, 253.
Elizabeth Ann, 239, 253.
Hannah, 89.
Jack, 239.
Kenneth Leighton, 239, 253.
Martha, 239.
William Archibald, 239, 253.
Roulstone, Dolly, 64.
George, 64.
Hannah, 40, 64.
John, 40, 64.
John Jr., 64.
Mary, 64.
Rouse (Ruso), Charles D., 56.
Hannah, 56.
Roza, Lucy J., 152.
Rubert, Dan. H., 176.
Mary J., 176.
Rumford, Count, 61.
Rummell, Elizabeth, 226.
Runey, Mary, 86.
Robert, 86.
Runkle, Anna Belle, 234.
Benny Capen, 234.
Frank Grant, 234.
George Frank, 234.*
Margaret Ann, 234.
Martha Marguerite, 234.
Russell, Charles A., 243.
Charles Alden, 241.
Clarence Edward, 241.
Ella Eudora, 188, 240.
Elsie Beatrice, 241.
Eva F., 241.
Frederick, 188, 240.
George, 240.
Gertrude Mae, 243.
Lawrence Eugene, 241.
Margaret Ellen, 241, 243.
Martha, 240.
Minnie Alice, 241.
Ruth, 258, 259.
Willie L., 241.
W. L., 243.
Sanborn, May Hannah, 118.
Sanders, Ella Cora, 84, 133.
Mary Hannah, 118.
Milton M., 133.
Rebecca Swift, 133.
Sanderson, Charity, 41, 68, 69.
Frederick Milton, 217.
Harriet P., 217.
Henry, 41, 68.
Isaac, 68.
Keziah, 68.
Lydia, 69.
Lydia Elizabeth, 217.
Sands, Phebe, 248.
Sanger, David, 113.
Rebecca, 68, 113.
Susanna, 113.
Sargeant, Deborah, 206.
Lydia, 214.
Sattler, Antone, 252.
Kate, 239, 252.
Tillie, 252.
Sauler, Edson F., 223.
Ethel Darling, 223.
Savel (Savels, Saveles, Savelle, Sav-
ille), Sarah, 93.
Saveles, Amelia G., 215.
Asa, 215.
Sarah A., 215.
Savelle, Anna Augusta, 66.
Savels, Sarah, 50.
Saville, Anna Augusta, 107.
John, 107.
Mary, 107.
Sawin, Hannah, 37.
Samuel, 37.
Sarah, 57.
Sawyer, . , 153.
Edwin, 247.
Ezra, 65.*
Hannah, 71.
Mary E., 65.
Nathaniel, 65.
Sarah Goodell, 247.
Sarepta, 247.
Sargent, 72.
Thomas, 65.*
Zilpha Means, 153.
Schade, Edith Augusta, 239.
Edith Leighton, 239.
Herman, 239.
Martin Herman, 239.
Walter Bradford, 239.
Schw’ab, Joseph P., 219.
Laura Wells, 219.
Schwartz, Mrs. John Barnes, 250.
Julia Raymond, 250.
Scott, Mary Jane, 110, 172.
Sarah, 172.
Sir Walter, 31.
Thomas, 172.
Scovel, Amy, 159.
304
Delilah, 159.
Hezekiah, 159.
Scovil, Delilah, 101.
Temperance C., 99.
Scribner, . , 218.
Katherine H., 218.
Seabury, Maria, 240.
Sears, Lucinda, 68.
Seaver, Lucy Richmond, 108.
Sessions, Charlotte, 184.
Severy, Anna M., 184.
Elizabeth, 287, 238.
Ida Ann, 238.
Maria A., 184, 237.
William W., 237, 238.
Sexton, Catherine, 236.
Shank, Capen, 218.
Mary Alexander, 218.
William, 218.
Wilma Madeline, 218.
Sharpe, Martha, 196.
Shattuck, Alice, 257.
Daniel A., 257.
Shaw, Ann Jeannette, 159.
Aursula Ann, 159.
Bezaleel, 101, 159.
Cornelia S., 159.
Edward A., 159.
Eliza Ann, 159.
Evelyn, 189.
Lauretta M., 81, 131.
Leonard, 131.
Lucy C., 159.
Margarite, 255.
Mary, 101.
Oscar Augustus, 159.
Persis, 101, 159.
Philena L., 131.
Rhoda, 101.
Robena, 255.
Samuel, 101.
Thomas, 255.
Shea, Ellen, 203.
Shedd, Frances Adaline, 249.
Sheller, David, 99.
Theda, 99.
Shepard, Adeline, 127.
Amity, 147.
Angeline N., 212.
Eliza G., 129.
Helen, 127.
Joel R., 127.
Luke, 78, 129.
Luke James, 129.
Mary, 44.
Nancy, 90.
Rebecca, 73.
Ruth, 82, 125.
Unity, 73, 117.
Zilpah, 78, 129*
Shepherd, Ann, 86.
Betsee, 40.
Lemuel, 40.
Sherwood, Tabatha, 258.
Shields, Mary Ann, 129.
Shipherd, J. J., 123.
Sibley, Maria E., 156.
Sally, 156.
Simpkips, Olive, 87, 141.
Simmons, Ardelia, 251.
Simons, Eliza A., 123.
James, 123.
Sisson, Elizabeth, 118.
Slattery, Bernardine, 224.
Skinner, Annie Florence, 241.
Annis, 109.
Clarissa, 241.
Josiah, 241.
Worcester B., 241.
Small, Sarah (Sally), 138.
Wisdom, 138.
Smead, Submit, 197.
Smith, Andrew or Anderson, 136, 205.
Anna, 88.
Azubah, 118.
Catherine, 130.
Dolly, 64.
Edmund M. Capen, 205.
Ella Maria Capen, 205.
Ellery Capen, 239.
Elizabeth, 27, 47.
Elphrustone M., 118.
Eunice Mariana, 136, 205.
Frank G., 239.
George Francis, 197.
H. Abby, 125.
Hannah Abigail, 197.
Helen, 239.
Israel, 144.
Jesse Jr., 45.
John, 88.
Julia, 197.
Keziah, 35.
Mabel, 239.
Mary, 144.
Miranda (Minnie) Winship, 214.
Miriam, 37.
Mirria Gay, 239.
Nabby, 89, 144.
Olive, 201.
305
Sarah, 45.
William W., 214.
Snell, Fred, 203.
Myra Alice, 203.
Solomon, Patience, 24.
Southworth, Eunice, 52.
Ralph, 52.
Sowdon, Arthur John Clark, 106.
Charlotte Harrison, 106.
John Jr., 106.
Spalinger, Lydia M., 239.
Lydia Margaret, 253.
Spargo, Ada Isabelle, 230.
Albert Mudge, 230.
Charles Franklin, 230.
Elizabeth Irene Preble, 170, 230.
Etta, 230.
Fannie, 230.
Frederick Capen, 230.
Ida Thankful, 230.
Mary Jane, 230.
Ruth Ellerene, 230.
Stephen Cushing, 230.
William, 170, 230.
William Alfred, 230.
Sparhawk, Mary A., 106.
Mary Adeline, 63.
Spaulding, Emma, 150, 216. -
George Barron, 216.
Rebecca, 216.
Speaker, . . 185.
Leona Grace, 185.
Spear, Cylene, 104, 169.
Frederick Walter, 251.
Judith B., 169.
Judith Bass, 229.
Mary, 174.
Mehitable, 94.
Sarah Lillian, 251.
Walter F., 251.
Spence, Laura M., 161.
Laura Martha, 226.
Spencer, Jane, 109, 171.
John, 171.
Spofford, Eliphalet, 31.
Loucy (Lucy), 31.
Spore, . . 185.
Irma Lulu, 185.
Sprague, Charles Henry, 180.
Eliza, 189.
Harriet, 112, 180.
Henry, 112, 180.
Srackengast, Edythe, 219.
Stadlbauer, August, 233.
Clara Abba, 233.
Standish, Albert Ellis, 128, 202.*
Ethel Maria, 202.
Lucy Maud, 202.
Miles Winfield, 202.
Rebecca Elizabeth, 128, 202.
Stanford, Elizabeth, 209.
John, 209.
Pamelia, 138, 209.
Stanton, Florence Isabel, 209.
John A., 209.
Starkey, Briggs, 97.
Caroline Carpenter, 97.
Staunton, Eliza Ann, 249.
Florence Isabel, 249.*
Henry Capen, 249.
John A., 249.
John Armitage, 249.
William, 249.
Stebbins, Bethania Emily, 243.
Stetson, Sophronia E., 228.
Stevens, Annie Florence, 188, 241.*
Deborah, 137.
Frederick, 241.
Frederick W., 188.
Hattie Elsie, 241.
Lydia, 56.
Martha, 214.
Miriam, 56.
Silas, 56.
Stewart, Eliza, 75, 123.
Philo Penfield, 123.
P. P., 75, 191, 124.
Stickney, Elizabeth D., 110.
Eliza Dodge, 173.
Lemuel, 173.
Mary, 173.
Stillman, Dr., 86.
Stimpson, Andrew, 67.*
John, 67.*
Rebecca, 67.
Stockford, Clarence Kidd, 177.
Fred L., 177.
Le Baron B., 177.
Le Baron S., 177.
Martha J., 177.
Stoddard, Eliziur, 22.
Patience, 38, 61.
Susanna, 22.
Tabitha, 61.
Thomas, 61.
Stone, . , 36.
Ann, 17, 22.
Barsham, 23.
306
Isaac, 23.
John, 17, 22, 23 *
Mary, 23.
Mercy, 36.
Nathaniel, 23.
Thankful, 17, 23.
Sarah, 22, 23.
Storrs, Philata, 98.
Stover, Hannah, 89.
Stowell, Annie Persons, 191.
Jarvis Stephens, 191.
Stower, Dr., 232.
Gertrude, 232.
Strong, . , 52.
Stuart, Caroline, 181.
Linley M., 181.
Stubbs, Rebecca, 49, 92.
Sturtevant, Lucy, 115.
Sumner, Clement, 97.
Hannah, 158.
Maria, 97.
Mary, 97.
Walter, 97.
Will, 12.
William, 12.
Swan, Azubah Gay, 81, 195.
Betsey, 80.
Hannah, 80, 81.
James, 80.
James D., 80.
Joseph, 81, 195.
Lucy, 43.
Luther, 81.
Mary M., 195, 196.
Melatiah, 43.
Rachel, 44,* 76.
Rebecca, 44, 76.
Robert, 44,* 76.
Robert Jr., 43.
Sarah A., 81.
Sarah Azubah, 125, 195.
Swift, Bessie Juliet, 239.
Elizabeth, 13.*
Hiram, 239.
Lusanna, 48, 87.
Sarah Jane, 239.
Susanna, 26.
Thomas, 13.
Vernon E., 239.
Sylvester, Ichabod, 56, 100.
John, 100.
Joseph, 100.
Joshua, 100.
Levi, 100.
Loammi, 100.
Patience, 56, 100.
Ruth, 100.
Silas, 100.
Symonds, Priscilla, 35.
Talbot, Adeline, 118, 183.
Anna Maria, 95.
Daniel, 183.
David, 53, 94.
Esther, 43.
George, 44, 94, 128.
Gratis, 94.
Jemima, 187.
Jerusha, 25, 43.
Jod, 77.
John, 95.*
Mary, 44, 77, 128.
Mary Ann., 187.
Mehitabel, 43.
Mehitable, 53, 94.
Mille Gay, 77.
Lucy Ann, 121.
Lucy Anna, 187.
Lydia, 183.
Peter, 44.
Richard, 187.
Salome, 94.
Samuel, 77.
Sarah, 128.
Taylor, Arthur M., 167.
Galena Josephine, 221.
Hope M., 131.
Ira A. E., 131.
Louise Capen, 232.
Louise M., 167.
Lucy, 232.
Martha M., 131.
Mary Hubbs, 221.
Nellie Stickney, 173, 232.
Raymond Stickney, 232.
Robert Clarence, 221.
William, 232.
William H., 173.
William Howard, 232.
Tebbetts, Charles, 139.
Eliza Ann, 139.
Terry, Susan, 209.
Terwilliger, May, 170.
Thacher, Alfred Churchill, 116.
Elizabeth Moore, 116.
George Churchill, 116.
Maria Howard, 116.
Mary Anna, 116.
Thayer, . . 146.
Abigail, 29, 53, 82.*
Anna (Nancy), 200.
307
Bathsheba, 51.
Benjamin, 29, 50.
Bethiah, 51.
Calvin, 125, 195 *
Dorothy, 29, 55.*
Elisha, 200.
Eliza Ann, 128, 200.
Elizabeth, 50, 82.
Emma Louisa, 195.
Ephraim, 23, 29.
Frances Adelaide, 195.
Hannah, 23, 54.
Isaac, 82.
Jerusha, 53.
John, 50.
Joseph, 53.
Levi, 51.
Lewis, 51.*
Louisa Crane, 125, 195.
Lydia Sawyer, 195.
Margaret, 79.
Michal, 45, 79.
Naphtali, 51.
Noah, 79.
Obadiah, 55.
Phebe, 50, 51, 90, 92, 146.
Ruth, 20, 29,* 50,* 51.
Sarah, 23, 29, 53.
Susannah, 51.
Timothy, 51.
Thomas, Caleb, 20, 30, 31.
Deborah, 30.
Edward Fitch, 249.
Frances Adeline, 249.
Helen M., 210.
Helen Maria, 249.
Nathaniel, 30.
Priscilla, 20, 30,* 31,* 34.
Thompson, Adams, 69.
Amy, 159.
Benjamin, 61.
Charity, 69.
Ellen Maria, 211.
Isaac, 115.
Joseph, 101.
Joseph Hayes, 211.
Lucy, 115.
Margaret, 69.*
Martha Caroline, 211.
Rachel, 113.
Rhoda, 57,* 101.*
Samuel, 211.
William, 69.
Thorndike, Elizabeth, 209.
Thurber, Armina Augusta, 127.
John, 127.
Tiff t, Hannah, 257.
Tilden, Martha, 240.
Prudence, 120.
Ruth, 43.
William, 43.
Tiller, Job, 31.
Priscilla, 31.
Tilson, Betsey, 185.
Betsey Faunce, 120.
Tisdale, Ebenezer, 90.
Elizabeth, 90.
Priscilla, 93.*
Tolman, Ann, 60.
Anna, 105.*
Barnard, 105.
Elizabeth, 25,* 42,* 43, 82, 90, 96.
Esther, 43.
Experience, 42.
Hannah, 105.*
Jane, 43.
John, 25, 105.*
John Jr., 60, 105.
Johnson, 25, 42.
Lydia, 183.
Mary, 82.
Patience, 18, 25.
Samuel, 42,* 43,* 82, 90.
Sarah, 42, 43.*
Susanna, 42.
Thomas, 42,* 43.*
Tompson, Daniel Goodwin, 211.
John, 211.
William, 211*
Totten, Ellen M., 208.
Frances, 87, 138.
James B., 208.
Tower, Charlotte, 202.
Jennie, 123.
Townsend, Harriet Eliza, 161, 226.
Joseph, 161, 226.
Trecarton, Maria F., 176.
Nahum D., 176.
Sophia L., 176.
Thomas E., 176.
Trott, Preserved, 24.
Sarah, 16, 18.*
Thomas, 18.
Trowbridge, Asa, 136.
Caroline Lincoln, 136.
Catherine Elizabeth, 136.
Charles Capen, 136.
Edward Jackson, 136.
308
Mary Kate, 136.
William Henry, 136.
Truesdale, Bertha C., 224.
Cora Lowry, 224.
Frank M., 224.
George Capen, 224.
Luman J., 224.
Tucker, Adelaide A., 182.
Adeline P., 191.
Amariah, 62.
Atherton, 76.
Bekey, 70.
Betsey (Elizabeth), 113.
Charles, 76.
Eliza Ann, 159.
Elizabeth, 62.
Emma, 121, 191.
Harriet, 130.
James, 80.
Jedediah, 191.
John, 113.
John N. T., 159.
Loring W., 121, 191.
Martha, 112, 178.
Mary, 40, 62.
Mary Elizabeth, 76.
Rachel, 113.
Rebecca, 80.
Rebecca Swift, 133.
Ruth, 80.
Susan M., 244.
Susanna Humphrey, 76.
Tupper, Anna, 48.
Simon, 48.
Turel, Mary, 44.
Turnbel, Robena, 255.
Tyler, Abraham, 135.
Adeline B., 196.
Alice May, 221.
Ancill, 135.
Columbus, 65.
Effie E., 254.
Emma C., 255.
Frank E., 221.
Gaynell Elizabeth, 221.
George, 254.
Job, 65.
John, 65, 196.
Joseph, 65.*
Mary, 135, 254.
Mary E., 65.
Nancy E., 135.
Nathan, 134.
Rhoda Jane, 196.
Sarah, 135.
Relief, 85, 134*
Upham, Lucy Ann, 181.
Rebekah, 181.
Upsall, Dorothy, 13, 14.
Nicholas, 13, 14.
Upton, Sarah E., 149.
Valis, Clara Eva, 173.
Vick, Charles, 252.
Hattie, 239, 262.
Margaret, 252.
Vose, Hannah, 80.
Waddell, Eva, 188.
Wade, Clarence H., 257.
Martha I., 257.
Sarah, 35.
Wadsworth, Abigail, 43, 76.
Abner F., 109.
Azubah, 76.
Betsey, 67, 109.
David, 43, 44, 75.
Eleanor, 44, 75.
George, 43.
Hannah, 43.
Lucy, 76.
Mary, 109.
John, 109.
John Jr., 43.
Joseph, 43.
Recompense, 76.
Samuel, 76.
Waite, Eliza, 159.
Wales, Anna, 78.
Betsey, 80.
Caroline E., 125, 197.
Elizabeth, 42, 48.
Fanny, 197.
George Albert, 200.
John, 45, 78,* 197.
Lydia, 80.
Mary Eliza, 200.
Mehitable, 78.*
Moses, 42.
Nathaniel, 78.
Olive, 78.
Sally, 78.
Samuel, 80.
Sarah, 43, 78.
Susanna, 45, 78.*
Walker, Adeline Irene, 159.
Amanda, 160.
Arvilla Adelia, 160.
Edson Earl, 160.
Eliza Ann, 160.
309
Emily, 160.
Ezra Orlando, 161.
Henrietta Frank, 160.
Jane, 160.
Laura, 101, 160.
Levi, 101, 160.
Lucy, 160.
Martha, 161.
Mary Jane, 160.
Newbury Levi, 160.
Reuben, 159.
Royal Capen, 160.
Sibbel Rosalia, 160.
Wallace, Margaret Mae, 242.
Walton, Anne H., 138.
Ann H., 208.
Mark, 208.
Ward, Edward S., 159.
Eliza, 159.
Elizabeth, 118.
Jane Eliza, 159.
Justin E., 159.
Ware, Anna Rebecca, 181.
Benjamin, 113, 180.
Caroline, 181.
Eleazer, 180.
Elizabeth, 113, 180.
Lucy, 180.
Rodney Bradford, 181.
Warner, Eliza, 99, 154.
Warren, . . 94.
Gratis, 94.
Helen Maria, 150, 217.
John Wright, 217.
Mary M., 217.
Washington, George, 166.
Waterman, Lydia, 18, 25.
Rebecca, 103.
Robert, 25.*
Sarah, 25.
Watkins, Lucia A., 66.
Watson, Adeline P., 191.
Amelia, 248.
Elkanah, 31.*
John, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34.
Lydia, 222.
Mercy, 31.
Priscilla, 30, 31.
William, 31.
Webb, Mary, 107.
Webber, Ann T., 206.
Mr., 75.
Weeks, Ebenezer, 52.
Hannah, 51.
Holland, 51.
Sarah, 52.
Susanna, 83.
Weiss, CharJes, 170.
Willimina Labreese, 170.
Welch, Alice, 233.
Benjamin, 153.
Eben, 127.
Lucy Mead, 96, 153.
Lydia, 153.
Sarah Meader, 127.
Weld, Betsey Williams, 90.
Daniel, 90.
Hannah, 90.
Wells, Benjamin Tuttle, 152.
Cordelia R., 96.
Cordelia Rosanna, 152.
Emma, 103, 167.
Lovewell, 71.
Lydia Young, 152.
Sarah, 110.
Wentworth, Abigail, 168.*
Abigail Tolman, 168.
Amanda, 114.
Amariah, 73.
Amos H., 168.
Benjamin Bussey, 168.
Bertha, 49.
Charles, 49.
Chloe, 73, 117.
Clementina Lucy, 120.
Edwin, 114.
Elijah, 44, 72, 73.
Elizabeth, 73.
Elmer Clarence, 120.
Eunice, 130.
Francis, 114.
Hannah, 131.
Hannah Holden, 104, 168.
Hannah M., 168.
Horace T., 244.
Jaazaniah, 168.
Jerusha, 49, 73.
Jonathan, 73.
Larra, 114.
Melvina P., 114.
Myra, 79, 130.
Nathaniel, 70, 114*
Olive, 70,* 114.
Prudence, 120.
Rebecca, 44, 72, 73.
Rufus, 120.
Ruth Bussey, 168.
Sally, 121.
310
Samuel, 114.
Sarah, 114.
Seth, 120.
Simeon, 130.
Sophia, 114.
Stephen, 104, 168.*
Stephen J., 168.
Susan, 168.
Susan M., 244.
Susan Myrtella, 197, 244.
Theophilus, 73.
Wescott, Alice May, 221.
Wetmore, Elizabeth, 237, 238.
Wheeler, Abraham, 45, 46.
Eunice Gill, 131.
Jane, 45.
Nannie, 131.
Samuel, 46.*
Sarah, 46.*
Simeon, 131.
Whipple, John Jr., 35.
Martha, 35.
White, Adeline, 189.
Alvera A., 212.
Angeline N., 212.
Ann Maria B., 149.
Ataline, 149.
Buckminster, 56.
Caroline, 149.
Charles Frederick, 189.
Elizabeth, 25.
George, 149.
Hannah, 38, 59, 60, 95.
Harriet P., 217.
Isabell, 212.
Isanah (Isannah), 40, 66.
James A., 212.
John, 60, 95.
Levi, 89.
Livingston, 94, 149.
Lizzie Frances, 189.
Maria or Ann, 94.
Maria Mann, 149.
Martha A., 162, 227.
Mary, 95.
Mella, 89.
Mercy, 56.
Micah, 149.
Nelson, 212.
Olive Anna, 145.
Olive Maria, 215.
Peregrine, 66.
Rest, 49.
Sarah, 149.
Whitefleld, Edwin, 202.
Lillian W., 202.
Mabel, 202.
Whitehouse, Daniel E., 230.
Edith Louise, 230.
Ella Maria, 230.
Enos Brown, 230.
Mary Elizabeth, 230.
Whiting, Albert L., 190.
Calvin, 148.
Eliza, 190.
Elizabeth, 148.
Lemuel G., 190.
Morilla, 190.
Sarah Ann, 91, 148.
Whitington, Silence, 49.
Whitman, Eliab, 78.
Susanna, 78.
Whitney, Abigail, 110.
George E., 212.
Gertrude, 212.
Joshua, 165.
Lydia, 135.
Zara, 103, 165.
Zara Silk, 165.
Whittmore, Sarah Ann, 144.
Wilbar, Elizabeth, 93.
Joseph, 93.
Wild, Jerusha, 53.
Levi, 53.
Lydia Sawyer, 195.
Randall, 53.
Rhoda, 53.
Wildes, Elisha, 36.
Mary, 36.
Wilkinson, Anna Rebecca, 181.
George L., 181.
Willcoxson, Harriet C., 219.
Willett, Annie Isabelle, 212.
N. S., 212.
Williams, . . 256.
Betsey Baker, 96.
Claude, 117.
Cora Belle, 228.
Cotting, 136.
David, 56.
Edith, 177.
Eleazer, 24.
Elisha, 24.
Elizabeth, 24, 54, 96.
Ephraim, 24.
Hannah, 56, 90, 139.
Harriet, 256.
Martha W., 85.
311
Martha (Patty) Wetherbee, 136.
Mary, 17, 19, 29, 54.
Patty, 136.
Robert, 24.*
Samuel, 19.
Sarah, 24, 54.
Stephen, 24.*
Steven, 17, 24.*
Thomas, 96.
William, 24.
Zebadiah, 54.
Willis, Charlotte, 202.
Elizabeth, 88, 142.
Ephraim, 202.
Euphemia C., 113, 180.
Frances L., 128.
Frances Lamont, 202.
Nathaniel, 87, 141.
Ruth, 142.
Susanna, 87, 141.
Wilson, Annis, 109.*
Edwin, 147.
Ephraim, 91, 147.
Ephraim Jr., 147.
Joel, 109.
John M., 218.
Lucy, 91, 147.
Lydia Coffin, 218.
Mary, 37.
Thomas, 240.
Winkley, David, 254.
Winn, Henrietta Jacobs, 250.
Winship, Julia, 214.
Wise, Sarah, 24.
Wiswall, Ann, 30.*
Ebenezer, 20, 30.*
Elijah, 30.
Elizabeth, 38.
Enoch, 30.*
Esther, 30.
Daniel, 30.
Hannah, 30.
Harriet W., 250.
Hattie Ellen, 210, 250.
Henry Marston, 250.
Ichabod, 30.
Job, 30.
John, 38.*
Mary, 30.
Noah, 30.
Oliver, 30.*
Samuel, 30.
Sarah, 30.
Thomas, 30.
Witherbee, John Brooks, 174.
Marion Capen, 174.
Sarah, 174.
Walter Leslie, 174.
Withington, Abigail, 45.
Elisha, 120.
Elizabeth, 28, 42, 69.
Emily M., 120.
Hopestill, 69.
John, 28.
Mary, 69.
Nathan, 120.
Sally, 121.
Sarah, 67.
Susanna, 20, 28.
Wolverton, Jerom, 15.*
Wood, C. Frances, 125.
Chloe Frances, 196.
Chloe Richmond, 196.
Mary, 54, 97.*
Philip Leonard, 196.
Woodbury, Elsie Shaw, 112, 176.
Woodcock, Hannah, 22.
Woodford, Josiah Curtis, 209.
Julia Evelyn, 209.
Stewart Lyman, 209.
Susan, 209.
Woodin, Mabel, 237.
Woodman, Martha, 85.
Thomas, 85.
Woods, Elizabeth, 56, 110.
Moses, 56.
Wright, Elizabeth R., 117.
Grace Duncan, 198.
Wyatt, Waitstill, 42.
Wyer, Susan, 141.
Wvman, Amelia, 257.
Calvin, 257.
Isaac, 110.
Laura A., 256.*
Mary, 47, 85, 110.
Mary Ann, 168.
Sarah, 110.
William Wells, 110, 168.
York, Susan, 139.
Young, Cordelia Rosanna, 153.
Edmund S., 153.
Hattie, 153, 219.
Jennie Selina, 248.
Maria L., 154.
Maria Louise, 220.
Solomon, 219, 220.
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